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Republican majority, which has steadfastly held to this position that it's their way or the highway, and that quite unfortunate. >> congressman mulvaney, one of the things that have been attached to this continuing resolution' side from delaying the mandate for a year, is the so-called vitter amendment, which would take away essentially the employer contribution to health care, an employer contribution that people in all sorts of large employers receive as part of their compensation. it would take away employer compensation for staff members, for members of congress and their staffs. are you p...

Well, but this is talking about hey, we're just going to take $500 out of your paycheck so we can run ads about how congress exempted itself or make some rhetorical point. but i want to reiterate, there are actual human beings who actually work inside the halls of congress who actually do work all day who are just being pushed around for no reason. there is nothing about the vitter amendment -- correct me if i'm wrong, that will have anything to do with obama care implementation, whether the exchanges will get set up tomorrow, whether the mandate will come into effect, nothing of the ideologic...

The pivot to obamacare is a pivot very far to the right where they're saying instead of using this for a fiscal goal we're going to use it to attack a program we don't like. and today, this morning, the vitter amendment, that's not even something that they've really scored to cut costs or to delay obamacare. it's just another way to hack at it. what they really used to be for, the spending cuts is really kind of stark. >> in those terms, the term that you're describing there, who pushed for that? i can imagine that's the kind of thing some members would be

>> all right. so, we understand that this proposal that's in the house now to be voted on would delay obama care's individual mandate for a year and yet keep the government open. the senate is not going to like that. not going to pass it what do they go to next in the house? >> then we are ping-ponging right back to the house it looks like the vitter amendment perhaps could be part of a package. only thing that's extra. that would cancel subsidies. particularly congressional staff members that will be a tough pinch, that's something that could possibly passes specially if you are getting to th...

Accomplishments. but looking at where both sides are right now it's hard to see where the concessions come from, especially because the senate does not appear willing to budge on anything. >> trace: what about -- it's a very good point. what about these 11th hour deals? you see that republicans are huddled right now and they come out of the meeting, they have to say something, do something, to try and at least make the effort or make it look like they're trying to avoid this shutdown. they're trying to be the -- they're at the diplomatic ones, trying avoid this thing. what comes out of this an...