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particular bill because it cut 1.5 from president obama's green jobs car initiative. for the first time they came together as a collective whole and kind of checkmated the republicans and said, if you want to go to a shutdown over fema funding, which is that green jobs program as an offset of that, we're more than happy to do it. john boehner today in his press conference said something that i found very interesting, usually he says the house works his will and pointed that out today. he went out of the way to say about his conservative colleagues, they could vote no but what they ar...

you saur our own poll, 82% disapproval of congress a lot of people feel that's because there's this talk of shutdown. when john boehner said on this issue, he lost 48 republicans on a government funding bill, that is very normal. he put blame on democrats, i thought i had a bipartisan deal and democrats would vote for this. democrats did not like this particular bill because it cut 1.5 from president obama's green jobs car initiative. for the first time they came together as a collective whole and kind of checkmated the republicans and said, if you want to go to a shutdown over fema ...

your kitchen table. >> i think the governmnmt should do the same. >good evening to all of you from washington, d.c. capitol hill. and this is it. the gridlock in the nation's capital has been broken. as we come on the air, a compromise bill has been passed in the house. and the nation will not default on its debom i want to bring in john karl who covered congress for us. it was such a remarkable scene on the house floor tonight when congresswoman gabby giffords returned to cast her vote, john. >> an unbelievable moment. thunderous applause. i have never seen anything like it on the ...

country's coveted aaa credit rating could be compromised. the unpresence dented consequences for all of us. and why some lawmakers argue the looming august 2 deadline isn't the armageddon the president says it is. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're only five days away from what could lead to unprecedented default in the united states if the political sparring between our elected officials here in washington doesn't stop. and we can't emphasize enough how devastating the repercussions could be, not only here, but indeed around the world. interest rates could go up...

and demanded more money. >> the president: here's the one thing at minimum we got to increase the debt ceiling at minimum. i think we need to do more. i'm confident because i cannot believe congress would end up being that irresponsible. >> i want to be entirely clear. no one wants to default on the full, faith and credit of the united states government. i'm convinced that we will not. >> it is hard to understand why speaker boehner would walk away from this kind of deal. frankly, if you look at the commentary out there, there are a lot of republicans that puzzled as to why itut cutt...