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To repeal it or delay it. but here's the problem. the government's now shut down, but the affordable care act is still open for business. so they're not even accomplishing what they say they want to accomplish, and by the way, in the first two days since the new marketplaces, basically big group plans that we've set up, first two days that they opened, websites where you can compare and purchase new affordable insurance plans, maybe get tax credits to reduce their cost, millions of americans have made it clear they do want health insurance. more than six million people visited the website heal...

Unconstitutional. voters rejected the presidential candidate that ran on a platform to repeal it. so the affordable care act has gone through every single democratic process, all three branches of government. it's the law of the land. it's here to stay. i've said to republicans if there are specific things you think can improve the law to make it even better for people as opposed to just getting it and leaving 20 million people without health insurance, i'm happy to talk to you about that, but a republican shutdown won't change the fact that millions of people need health insurance and that th...

Rockville. >> thomas, as it was described to us by the parties inside. it was nice and polite conversation. one thing was clear, was there no progress. the president obviously in maryland today is trying to press this case and he used the language that was most significant calling it the reckless republican shutdown. the white house feels strongly that the majority of americans agree with the president right now and they are on his side in terms of how we got to this place, but perhaps more importantly, they believe a majority of the members of the house agreed that this shutdown should end. t...

Three months. have you noticed? and you keep on thinking all right, well, this is going to be the last one. they're not going to do this again. and then they do it again. i know you're tired of it. i'm tired of it. it doesn't mean that they're wrong on every single issue. i've said i'm happy to negotiate with you on anything. i don't think any one party has a monopoly on wisdom. but you don't negotiate by putting a gun to the other person's head or worse yet, by putting a gun to the american people's head by threatening a shutdown. and by the way, even after congress reopens your government, i...

Because the affordable care act. two, they know, if we have a clean bill, the members, and close to a majority of their members would vote as i would vote and that is to end the government shutdown. so basically, basically the que presents itself is who is the real per of the house of representatives. is it john boehner, or is it senator ted cruz in it is what the republicans are doing on the floor now is his idea and his thought. there seems to be two conferences going on. i know the republicans are supposedly be going to conference now. i don't know which conference is more important, the co...