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Washington, it can't be done. the only way this happens is if we break out of traditional washington rules. >> reporter: getting this done means killing obamacare before it fully takes effect. >> before now and september 30th we need to stand up and defund obamacare. [ applause ] >> reporter: september 30th is when funding for the government expires. cruz says that gives congressional republicans extraordinary leverage. >> the house of representatives should pass a continuing resolution that funds every penny of the federal government, everything in its entirety, except obamacare. [ applause ]...

The only way this happens is if we break out of traditional washington rules. >> getting this done means killing obamacare before it fully takes effect. >> between now and september 30, we need to stand up and defund obamacare. >> september 30 is when funding for the government expires. cruz says that gives congressional republicans extraordinary leverage. >> the house of representatives should pass a continuing resolution that funds every penny of the federal government, everything in its entirety, except obamacare. >> what are the senators telling you? >> there was significant resistance int...

Washington, it can't be done. the only way this happens is if we break out a traditional washington rule. >> getting this done means killing obamacare before it fully takes effect. >> between now and september 30th, we need to stand up, and defund obamacare. >> september 30th is when funding for the gofrt expires. cruz says that gives congressional republicans extraordinary leverage. >> the house of representatives should pass a continuing resolution that funds every penny of the federal government. everything in its entirety, except obamacare. >> what are the senators telling you, then? >> th...

Somebody that you have a chance to build a social relationship with. >> joining us to discuss, cnn political contributor donna brazil, writer for espn, elsie granderson and will cain. welcome to all of you. >> thank you. >> good morning. >> i guess my first question is, when did the white house tour become this important cultural iconic sort of thing that if you cancel the white house tours, it's like oh, my god. when did that happen, will cain? >> well, it's symptomatic. the point is, is it an evidence of grand standing, washington monumenting, we talked about that during the sequester battle...

Budget to be balanced in ten years even though paul ryan and mitt romney were campaigning, saying look, we need to restore this $716 billion in medicare. those cuts were too bad. >> you point that there is a sense, if there is a sense of a stalled momentum on the budget talks we're seeing, that it could bleed into other areas like immigration and stall as your team put it, everything. >> right now we're in a little bit of a kumbaya period after the tough sequester battle where both sides seem to be entrenched. sometime if you want to achieve immigration reform, you want to get some gun control...