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Right. >> he says it's piling on. he went on to say let's consider the republican house proposal as a serious proposal as a way to end the gridlock and a way to get this thing done. he's come out and criticized his own party, chris. are you surprised by those comments today? >> no, i'm not surprised. here's the problem can senator mccain's comments. i'm not sure what anyone expects, you know, senate democrats and the president to do here. are they just supposed to agree to basically propose what's going to come out of the house, that if it's lucky will have one or two democratic votes and no d...

The bills we've already racked up. the senate has been working on a framework for a deal since the weekend. and this morning, the house revealed its own competing plan. the white house just released a statement rejecting the house proposal, but the house speaker says he's still optimistic that lawmakers eventually will find a way out of this mess before the default deadline. >> our leadership team met with our members today trying to find a way forward in a bipartisan way that would continue to provide fairness to the american people under obama care. there are a lot of opinions about what dir...

>> reporter: careful deliberation and yes, sir, fighting. competing plans, one in the house and one in the senate would offer buyouts, layoffs, close post offices, processing plants, eliminate saturday delivery and slow mail services. house version is generally more aggressive reducing the size and cost of the service. the senate majority leader calls that plan reckless. >> unlike the unacceptable bill congressman issa is pursuing in the house, this bipartisan senate bill preserves the postal service we know and rely on. >> reporter: the coauthor of the house proposal, congressman dennis ross ...

David plouffe, you're in danger of letting the government run out of money again, danger of a shutdown, no continuing resolution. don't republicans who are calling for a -- more for people mark, -- [ unintelligible ] aren't republicans going to get a lot of blame if the government shuts down? >> government is not going to shutdown? most americans want us to deal with disasters in front of us and disasters to come. that's what we are trying to start to pay for things that we haven't paid for before. house proposal is reasonable. i would ask harry reid to take it. it does fund disasters. it gets...

Very capacities but we should not continue to express surprise, we have given them $20 billion in aid the past decade, maybe $4.5 billion this past year and then we act surprised when they don't do everything we expect them to do or act as if our interests and their interests are aligned? they know we are leaving they are doing what they have done before and we shouldn't be surprised. what we should be worried about is having . >>trace: i have to go, mike baker, former c.i.a. operative. we can go on for many years with that. for the second time in less than a year the federal government is fac...