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With. how much leverage does he have? if the hopes of getting a deal now are in reid and mcconnell hammering something out, how much leeway does mcconnell have to actually hammer out a deal here? >> not so much. the only argument i'm hearing from senate republicans. they're going to democrats to chuck schumer and harry reid and saying, look, maybe if you push us too hard on sequester, push us too hard on bca levels, only get four or five republicans, that's not going to be helpful to you once you send this volley back to the house. you really should be looking harry reid and chuck schumer for ...

One question about john boehner and eric cantor and the rest of them, if leaders can't count, what can they do. how they went ahead with plan b knowing they didn't have the votes, i mean, that is sort of 101 in politics. >> make them reject one more time. make boehner and the republicans reject one more time. >> there's no real partner here. there's no partner. here's the broader question and it includes the gun debate. what are the president's priorities going to be after the first of the year? congressman, you heard wayne lapierre. does he reflect your views about how to approach any kind of...

Housing market is beginning to come back. the economy is poised. but the stock market is going to react. i can't predict, don't have the knowledge, no one does, as to what exactly is going to happen but chuck is right. the white house should get over its upset with boehner and help bail him out. one question about john boehner and eric cantor and the rest of them, if leaders can't count, what can they do. how they went ahead with plan b knowing they didn't have the votes, i mean, that is sort of 101 in politics. >> make them reject one more time. make boehner and the republicans reject one mor...

Spending future generations' money. >> i want to get rid of the department of education, the department of commerce, the department of labor. and let's get rid of the epa while we're doing it. >> why would we ever even consider as republicans think about raising taxes? i tell them come to me after you've gotten rid of all the spending. come to me when you've gotten rid of the $3 million you spent last year to watch monkeys on methamphetamine. >> we keep hearing republicans talk about taking hostages and negotiations, that they are holding the middle class tax cuts and the debt ceiling as lever...

Bargained as hard as he can to pull a majority together to pass the darned thing and that is probably what will ham. >> chris: some tea party members of the house are saying, 33 billion, the number the democrats are offering, and $161 billion, they say it isn't enough and, on the other hand, you got the sense -- from both paul ryan and marco rubio, we are talking about billions here in the debt limit and the 2012 budget, ryan budget, talking about trillions. maybe we should declare victory and move on. >> the fact paul ryan is coming out on tuesday with the budget that really addresses the def...