Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131216:14:09:00
>> republican leadership does not want a fight over the debt limit heading into the election. remember, that's what got us out of the government shutdown was the fear of a possible default. so when we're heading into an election, you can see them trying to take that off the table if the conservatives listen to them. does that open up possibility of doing a farm bill? yes. potentially. because remember last year, last election cycle, house republicans didn't even take up the farm bill. they got killed in all of these rural states and districts. i don't think they want to make that same mistake ...