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Voted for divided government, but they didn't vote for a dysfunctional government. so i'm asking you all to make your voice heard. if you want a balanced approach to reducing the deficit, let your member of congress know. if you believe we can solve this problem through compromise, send that message. >> the white house communications director tweeted that the servers on capitol hill crashed after the president made that plea for people to get in touch with their congressional representatives. after the president's speech, house speaker john boehner spoke for roughly five minutes, and he came o...

House. he he was also speaking to house democrats. this idea you that you and the are working on two stage process trillion dollars in cuts. debt increase until early next year and then a commission to find more cuts and also, if it's approved. raise the debt limit further is unaccepted. >> there is going to be a two-stage process. it's not physically possible to do all of this in one step. having said that, chris, i know the president is worried about his next election. but my god, shouldn't would he be worried about the country? we have got a budget deficit of $1.5 trillion. we are borrowing...

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We've spent too much money. we've gotten our house in bad shape. >> fellow texan ron paul, who's railed against the debt since long before his 2008 white house bid, has promised a vote against the debt hike, arguing the boehner plan doesn't truly cut spending. >> both sides are failing to understand that the country is bankrupt, there will be a default. the only debate that is going on is how you default. i vote for, you know, stopping the spending. >> former minnesota governor tim pawlenty says he won't support the boehner plan, but speaks the speaker's efforts. mitt romney applauds boehner's...

But they didn't vote for a dysfunctional government. so i'm asking you all to make your voice heard. if you want a balanced approach to reducing the deficit, let your member of congress know. if you believe we can solve this problem through compromise, send that message. >> the white house communications director tweeted that the servers on capitol hill crashed after the president made that plea for people to get in touch with their congressional representatives. after the president's speech, house speaker john boehner spoke for roughly five minutes, and he came out against president obama's p...