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Know. i don't think anyone has the final combination of what it's going to be. but there are an awful lot of us that would like to see tax and entitlement reform, stabilization for medicare and social security programs. and we want to continue working through this process of the cr so that we have a funding mechanism for this year's budget. maybe they all get rolled together. i don't know, but as we go through the next days, i think that that is going to become much more clear to all of us what track we're going to take. >> are those conditions you would attach to a vote in favor of raising th...

Middle ground to reduce our deficits, america cannot afford another debate. not paying its bills is irresponsible. it's absurd. republicans in congress have two choices here. they can act responsibly and pay america's bills or they can act irresponsibly and put america through another economic crisis. but they will not collect or ransom in exchange for not crashing the america economy. the financial well-being of the american people is not leverage to be used. the full faith and credit of the united states of america is not a bargaining chip. >> you know, it looks like republicans are up again...

And if we don't, we risk another credit rating downgrade. everyone could potentially feel the results of that. so where does the truth lie and why are sides so far apart? >> first of all, this is an identical replay of what went on in the summer of 2011 when this temporary solution to the debt ceiling cast us in the cards, mean it said 18 months from now all this will go away. >> they punted. >> we're back to where we were in july of 2011 when everyone was warning you to do a deal or there will be negative consequences. two things ability this. one, we are not going to head off a fiscal cliff ...

Billions, they do it legally, they avoid taxes, they pay no taxes. with all this con on those who make $250,000 about the big corporations? >> we do need to reform the tax code that going to take a real effort. i don't think you will get that done this year or next. it going to take a republican controlled congress to do it right. >> greta: you can exonerate republicans in all this. >> republicans can do a much better job too. like i say, i've been hear a long tie. we've never had a fiscal conservative majority, until recently. we've been getting republicans standing together, and our moderate...

Billions, they do it legally, they avoid taxes, they pay no taxes. with all this con on those who make $250,000 about the big corporations? >> we do need to reform the tax code that going to take a real effort. i don't think you will get that done this year or next. it going to take a republican controlled congress to do it right. >> greta: you can exonerate republicans in all this. >> republicans can do a much better job too. like i say, i've been hear a long tie. we've never had a fiscal conservative majority, until recently. we've been getting republicans standing together, and our moderate...