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divide between house hard liners and the gop establishment and by yesterday leading republican voices were openly calling on house speaker john boehner to back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. and tonight looking grim, he did just that. >> there's always a right thing to do and while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren't willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members were. so i'm proud of the efforts that they put into this. >> dana bash is going to join us short...

House and senate process right now. he is right, ultimately, bret, as we have had this conversation before, i mean, look, you vote for that rule, you are voting for the senate bill. you are north going to go home to your tough race in your swing district as a house democrat and say i didn't really vote for the senate bill. you are voting for this or you are not. and if it ends up including $100 million for hospital in connecticut, that's what you voted for. and so i think he is trying to keep it arms' length. he knows this looks bad. he knows that it just days before this possibly becomes law....

House and senate process right now. he is right, ultimately, bret, as we have had this conversation before, i mean, look, you vote for that rule, you are voting for the senate bill. you are north going to go home to your tough race in your swing district as a house democrat and say i didn't really vote for the senate bill. you are voting for this or you are not. and if it ends up including $100 million for hospital in connecticut, that's what you voted for. and so i think he is trying to keep it arms' length. he knows this looks bad. he knows that it just days before this possibly becomes law....

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