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Did some polling taking a look at whether or not there are going to be consequences in 2014 for gop incumbents. gop incumbents are trailing in about 17 house districts and democrats need 17 seats to pick up a house majority. how likely do you think it is, joan, this becomes an issue in the 2014 cycle? >> i think it will be an issue. i think the american people are fed up with this. we've seen over and over that even republicans don't want the government shut down and certainly don't want the debt ceiling breached over obama care. they don't like it, but they don't think this is a fair way to n...

Amendments that were then -- that then were adopted and then republicans didn't vote for the bill. there was endless negotiation with people on the left furious at the way the president did court the chuck grassleys of the world. >> joan, that's a little bit of rewriting of history. >> no, i'm not. this is actually the way it happened. then he couldn't -- >> this bill was rammed through the middle of the night without a single republican vote. >> hearing after hearing of this bill went through the committee process. it had amendment after amendment. republican amendments. republicans just deci...

Do to protect the economy. >> it's possible for the republicans to get exactly what they want through this. as soon as we reach this place where the treasury secretary is out of the ability to borrow, spending equals revenue. immediate balanced budget. i'm not sure that the republicans, or at least some republicans, are going to mind that situation. >> except things suddenly start getting cut are social security benefits, medicare payments, true payments. all these things people don't want touched because they want the government spending cut. >> you guys have just convinced me we need this tr...

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