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It sounds very dismissive to them. they think they're important, they think they're new members, they think they have new ideas and the party needs a kick in the you know what. they think they're important and she says you're four. you're four. >> she can counting. >> until you get more, you don't matter. you have to come in and say i can block your bill, then i will listen to you. it's great internet theater. it's great personal drama. does it matter, to carl's point, about the big things they have to do. the defense department funding. they're trying to raise the minimum wage to $15. an elec...

They have increased majority in the senate. the bills they pass they still have to get a consensus, aren't they. >> those things aren't going to happen. at least what progressives want single pair. that's not going to happen with a republican controlled senate and president trump in the white house. republicans have more power than democrats do at this time. the way that democrats are going to try to exert power or use their leverage is primarily going to be around spending bills. that's when they will be able to try to exercise their power look at debt ceiling increases and things of that nat...

Democratic votes and 100 to 150 republicans are going to vote against the big bill tomorrow. >> why is it the speaker's fault? it's the president that took the side of the democrats here that sort of put the speaker in a box. >> i'm saying we all in the conference, we all when it comes to these debt ceiling increases, the republican brand if it's about anything, it's about fiscal responsibility, right. today pelosi and senator schumer are talking about getting rid of the debt ceiling altogether. that gives you a little hint where the democrats might be on fiscal responsibility, right, if you'r...

Announced he will allow, perhaps as early as tonight, what's called a clean vote on legislation that would raise the nation's debt ceiling. earlier, republicans were demanding some concessions but now they have decided the house speaker that they're not going to get any concessions. the president had made it clear, he's not going to, quote, pay ransom for doing what the country needs to do. and so there is going to be a vote tonight. i assume it will pass. then it will pass the senate. the vote was going to be tomorrow, but now they have decided to move it up today, because of some snow that's...

The markets would react in a very, very negative fashion. >> senator paul, i know you said you don't think the debt ceiling increases is that big of a deal. the more you listen to people, the more you read to economists, read what economists have to say, do you think it's worth the risk not to raise the debt ceiling? >> i think it's not a good idea to go through the debt ceiling deadline. i think we should go ahead and have an agreement in advance. that being said though, i think it's also irresponsible for the president who when he was a senator actually voted not to raise the debt ceiling. i...