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Compromise. if a tea party blocks a compromise and if they succeed in doing, this i don't think they will. the tea party is done, finished, over. it's going to be branded as it already is unfairly. it's already branded unfairly, okay? i fought against that. but if they block the compromise and this economy goes south, all right, no more tea party. it's gone. >> okay. well, i'm not disagreeing with you necessarily about the fact that people don't need to move on the issue. i think the way you are framing it is is really unfair to these people and a promise. >> i'm giving you the facts don't kno...

And i'm not going to waste the senate's time day after day on this piece of legislation which i think is an an as ma to what our country is all about. i feel confident this legislation will be disposed of one way or another. the american people should understand that this is a bad piece of legislation, perhaps some of the worst legislation in the history of this country. >> as you've heard, senator reid's having his colleagues that cut cap and balance will be, quote, disposed of, but gang of six member oklahoma republican senator tom coburn believes president obama's threat to veto the bill is...

Senate. the majority leader there, harry reid, has moved up a scheduled vote on that legislation. it will happen today instead of tomorrow. but not before reid blasted the bill on the senate floor. >> i think this piece of legislation is about as weak and senseless as anything that has ever come on this senate floor. and i'm not going to waste the senate's time day after day on this piece of legislation which i think is an an as ma to what our country is all about. i feel confident this legislation will be disposed of one way or another. the american people should understand that this is a bad...

>> earlier this week, you tweeted that senator mitch mcconnell's plan to deal with the debt crisis is stupid. where can were you so upset and other gop members share your frustration with leadership in congress . >> i have greatest respect for senator mcconnel but the idea. it is stupid. that's why i call today stupid. the idea to punt it over to the president. don't allow members to take a tough vote and put it all on the president. no. the house and congress and is a co-qual branch much government. and the problem is, people so called adults in the room have been there too long and that's wh...

Asked him about the mcconnell plan yesterday, he said, quote, it's unworthy, unrealistic and an abdication of responsibility. i think tim scott is really speaking for the majority of those freshman lawmakers who have been so opposed to raising the debt limit unless there's significant spending cuts. that being said what you're seeing now is house republicans moving forward to put forth their own plan. president obama said it was a political vote. this idea of a cut cap and balance bill. it will be voted in the house next week. it allows house republicans to get on the record as saying that the...