Hairy reid backed away after the president made it clear he didn t want democrat to support it mitch mcconnell is repeatedly asking. he is harry reid to bring it for . we are waiting right now until 1:00 tomorrow morning and the fact it, mitch made the request and harry reid said no. mitch asked us to say since senator reid said his plan was the only one to pass . he asked us to introduce it in the house and it was overwhelmingly defeat in a bis partisan way. we know we have to work in a way to address this. there are 75 times we have seen the debt ceiling increased since 1962. don rumsfeld was with the first one and he s talking about this on his book tour and look at where we are 14.3
People can be critical of what we ve done, but where are the other ideas? at this point in time the house is going to act and we re going to act again. it is time for our colleagues across the aisle to tell us what they re for. tell us how we can end this crisis. welcome back to hardball nap was speaker john boehner just before the house voted to approve his new debt ceiling bill, but will the house vote to pass the compromised bill back from the senate? joining us now, republican from kansas who voted against the boehner bill. congressman welcome. why did you vote against it. well, i don t think it does enough. we ve got a $14.3 trillion defenda deficity. i appreciate the efforts of leadership but the senate hasn t put out plan and hopefully will get started this weekend. common sense, if you didn t go for what the republican house passed, a small prospect you ll
And look at where we are 14.3 trillion dollar national debt. what are we doing the first time. we are focusing on the root cause of the problem. we don t have a debt ceiling problem. we have a debt problem. that s what we are going to do to get to to the root. mike: congressman, this is a bigger issue over the long haul. demdeps accuse you of playing games. but your point is, it was reid who said he had the only bill that could pass the house. you proved it can t pass the house. what is the message that you hope your counter part senate will get to that? that is a great question, mike. we need to come together but need to realize that the perfect harry reid bill and no one calls their bills perfect. but he certainly believed it was the best bill there and
What we ve done, but where are the other ideas? at this point in time the house is going to act and we re going to act again. it is time for our colleagues across the aisle to tell us what they re for. tell us how we can end this crisis. welcome back to hardball nap was speaker john boehner just before the house voted to approve his new debt ceiling bill, but will the house vote to pass the compromised bill back from the senate? joining us now, republican from kansas who voted against the boehner bill. congressman welcome. why did you vote against it. well, i don t think it does enough. we ve got a $14.3 trillion defenda deficity. i appreciate the efforts of leadership but the senate hasn t put out plan and hopefully will get started this weekend. common sense, if you didn t go for what the republican house passed, a small prospect you ll be satisfied of with what comes back from the senate? assuming anything comes back. the senate has yet to have a don t.
It is a teetering point and how the markets react to it is key. i think the other key point here is that we wouldn t be at this spot of limping the debt ceiling increase to any cuts of spending or any effort to focus on the debt, the national debt of 14.3 trillion had it not been for the november 10 election. that is something that conservative republicans point to is that they re proud of this moment. not ashamed of it when you talk to them up on capitol hill because this is the focus now. and the nation, whether you like it or not, is paying attention to this issue of the debt and largely it wouldn t have, they argue, if the administration had their way. in april, they wanted a clean debt ceiling increase without any tie to any spending cuts or anything else. this is not a position they want to be in. you are right. the debt ceiling will be raised though no matter what. laura: an excellent point, bret. we know if the tea party didn t force all these victories last