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Tomorrow. we're going to keep working. >> but the clock is ticking. the administration continues saying that the debt limit must be raised by august 2. some say the president must step in. >> we all know who is the most important person in the room. face it. for us to do something great, he has to be involved in that. >> senator claire mccaskill said the best deal might shift to talks at the white house by vice president biden. >> the house is more engaged with the vice president biden effort. i think speaker boehner is more engaged with the effort of negotiations that are going on at the whit...

Tomorrow. we're going to keep working. >> but the clock is ticking. the administration continues saying that the debt limit must be raised by august 2. some say the president must step in. >> we all know who is the most important person in the room. face it. for us to do something great, he has to be involved in that. >> senator claire mccaskill said the best deal might shift to talks at the white house by vice president biden. >> the house is more engaged with the vice president biden effort. i think speaker boehner is more engaged with the effort of negotiations that are going on at the whit...

Nuclear weapons. if you couldn't find osama bin laden 35 miles outside islamabad, doesn't inspire confidence. vice president joe biden suggesting the white house has made a tentative deal at least to reduce parts of the deficit. the deal would include everything with tax increases and non-discretionary spending still on the negotiating table, according to the vice president. but john boehner and mitch mcconnell disagree, stating yesterday again their view no tax hikes will be approved in agreement to lift the debt ceiling. he says his parties tough stance against taxing and spending is havin...

Parts of the deficit adding the package would serve as a quote circuit down payment. what that means we don't quite know. it would include tax increases and non-discretionary spending, but republican leaders john boehner and mitch mcconnell disagree restating their claim tax hikes are off the table. speaker boehner had tough words yesterday for democrats. >> earlier this week i again made clear the no debt increase without meaningful spending cuts and budget reforms. the spending cuts should be greater than the accompanying increase in the debt limit. clearly, wave struck a nerve and the respo...

You're here. debt ceiling, may 15th up and we hear july 15th. why is it that the republicans seem lackadaisical about raising it or leaving it in place? >> i wouldn't say they're lackadaisical about moving it. that's when treasury keeps moving the date and the reasons they keep moving the date, excuse me, is because they didn't have the april income tax receipt until very recently. the point we're making is, look, if the debt ceiling is going to have to be raised, we have to cut spending. if we want to raise the debt ceiling, if the president wants to raise it $2 trillion, we want $2 trillion ...