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Speaker's going to have to make a tough decision. my view ultimately, we're going to pass the senate bill because it's the only way out. what's really kind of crack pot about the way republicans are proceeding is that it won't work. and the reason it won't work is if they use these tactics, shut down and default, there will be a violent market reaction on wall street that will pistol whip congress into paying our obligations and funding government. >> peter welch, a very crucial last point. thank you for your time. sorry you're going to be working through the weekend. all right. the list of gr...

Acceptable to shut government down, turn the lights off and default on our obligations, which would mean a million new veterans from iraq and afghanistan and reflects their opposition to having a health care plan that has a promise of working. that's where we're at. at a certain point, the speaker's going to have to make a tough decision. my view ultimately, we're going to pass the senate bill because it's the only way out. what's really kind of crack pot about the way republicans are proceeding is that it won't work. and the reason it won't work is if they use these tactics, shut down and def...

Emanating from some kind of higher power. joining us now is is peter welsh, democratic of vermont. organized 187 democrats to send a letter to the president supporting a clean debt ceiling extension. thank you very much for being with us tonight. >> thank you. >> from your close up perception, does it appear to you that things are as chaotic and unpredictable in the house as it seems from here? >> you're a master of understatement. bottom line, this is about health care and there's white hot anger that americans may have access to affordable health care if obama care goes into effect as it wil...

Take a listen to what president obama had to say in his weekly address. >> i don't know how to be more clear about this. no one gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the united states of america just to extract ideological concessions. no one gets to hurt our economy and millions of innocent people just because there are a couple of laws that you don't like. it hasn't been done in the past. and we're not going to start doing it now. >> alex, i can also tell you the white house feels as though it has some leverage here in part because there is so much infighting amongst republicans abou...

0 controllers would not get paid. instead, they'll be issued ious. passport and visa applications would stahl. so would student loans. national parks and monuments around the country would close to tourists, including one of the nation's most visited attractions, the statute of liberty in new york city. but in the 0 everything would come to a screeching halt. social security checks continue, medicare payments, federal prisons will stay open. mail delivery and members of congress will still be getting their paychecks. joining me now, congressman adam schiff, a democrat from the california, me...