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>> i say to the republican leadership, take off your lace panties, stop being noodle backs. take a strong, bold, unwavering stand for and with the american people. >> and their cries are not falling upon deaf ears. indiana republican congressman mike pence agrees with them. >> if liberals in the senate would rather play political games and shut down the government instead of making a small down payment on fiscal discipline and reform, i say, shut it down. >> cut it or shut it! cut it or shut it! >> we're going to take you back now in dana bash in washington watching the vote on the house floor...

Leadership, take off your lace panties, stop being noodle backs, take a strong, bold, unwavering stand for and with the american people. >> wow. will cane is cnn contributor. tea party, helpful or hurtful at this moment in time. not what dana was talking about, november 2nd. we all got that message. at this time, helpful or hurtful? >> both. is that i a nonanswer? if you're morbidly obese is it a suggestion to just cut off starvation or run mine miles a day? it is a principled position, whether we should cut billions is not politics but priorities. it has nothing to do with the deficit, it's a...

>> suzanne, the budget battle is messier than ever. the reports on a deal was premature. house speaker john boehner is trying to be the voice of reason now. >> we control one half of one third of the government here in washington. now we can't impose our will on another body, we can't impose our will on senate. >> the democratically controlled senate, the house speaker is under intense pressure from those conservative freshman, many of them tea partyiers elected to slash the budget. they want boehner to man up. >> i say to the republican leadership, take off your lace panties and stop being no...

Some lawmakers have talked about cutting pelt grants and cuts to education. there's the financial aid for college students. so this is just an interesting perspective on how many tax dollars go in to specific things. and you can see why it's so important to talk about cuts to things like medicare and social security and also defense. i mean, it is just huge. so if you want a real education, whitehouse.gov. go there, check out this graph and learn a thing or two. as congressional leaders try to reach a deal to keep the government running, tea party activists are sending out a strong message. ...

Principled position that you're making. is it politically effective? or is it a little too extreme? >> well when you look at exit polling from november 2nd, i think it's very politically effective. after november 2 7bd, everybody leels the polls, they said the economy was their chief concern and people are more scared about the economy than they were four and five years ago. they wanted to see a reduction in spending. of course voters didn't outline how they wanted to see that happen but they wanted to see reduced spending. >> that's obviously the trick. everybody wants to see a reduction in s...