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really aren't too terribly far apart and the deal can be done by the august 2nd, tuesday deadline. let's listen to the president, this is when he spoke around 10:30 this morning. let's listen. >> good morning, everybody. i want to speak about the ongoing and increasingly urgent efforts to avoid default and reduce our deficit. right now, the house of representatives is still trying to pass a bill that the majority of republicans and democrats in the senate have already said they won't vote for. it's a plan that would force us to relive this crisis in just a few short months, holding o...

Conservatives on board. so it's going to be a little tougher, that road ahead for boehner to get his plan through. as for reid and his plan, it's not going to be easy for him to get that through the senate because what is mitch mcconnell going to do? is he going to work at getting reid's plan through the senate and tie the two plans together that we do know is happening and the question is, does a compromise between reid and boehner happen before wednesday's votes in either the house or the senate? because at that point it makes boehner's job easier and democrats are on board. so a lot of thin...

Of him than he expected. prominent tea party members have come out hard against this plan and president obama tried to divide the house and senate republicans last night in his own speech. listen. >> unfortunately, for the past several weeks, republican house membership members have essentially said that the oinly way to vote for the default, spending approach. >> well, how is boehner going to get his plan through the house if he knows democrats are not going to help him this time around? well, it's one sweetener is the balanced budget amendment. the question is, what version of the balanced b...