act? where was the president s plan? why didn t they pass something? and here we are at the beyond the 11th hour, looking at each other. without having fixed it. do you think bob woodward has exposed something about the white house positions on all of this that we didn t know? i think he made clear that the sequester was the president s idea. it was the white house that demanded it. i think bob woodward was right. the feeling is, you hear it publicly from the president. but also privately as well, that you can t agree even if you d like to on any more revenue because the house caucus, conservatives, tea party folks, were so upset with you for the last revenue increase to avoid the fiscal cliff that they in effect lead you, that you don t lead them, that you don t have room to maneuver. david, let me say this. there s not one member of our caucus who said one word to me that was critical of the fact that we lowered taxes for 99.1% of the american people. not one.
because the house caucus, conservatives, tea party folks, were so upset with you for the last revenue increase to avoid the fiscal cliff that they in effect lead you, that you don t lead them, that you don t have room to maneuver. david, let me say this. there s not one member of our caucus who said one word to me that was critical of the fact that we lowered taxes for 99.1% of the american people. not one. are you secure in your speakership? listen, i m here to lead the fight against out of control spending. and i m going to lead that fight as speaker of the house. the next crisis potentially is what happens when you fund the government for the rest of the year. that s called the continuing resolution. are you committed to doing whatever it takes to keep the government open? absolutely. we at the house next week will act to extend the continuing resolution through the end of the fiscal year, september 30. the president this morning
it s important we do that. kimberly: keep losing corporations by all of this ridiculous regulations. bob: we didn t stop paying for the red states. we have the current tax rate and president obama wants to raise taxes on corporations. bob: on 2% of the people that should have it raised. you call it dividing the country, what is the line you use? kimberly: class warfare. bob: yeah. it s 98% versus 2%. that is class warfare; is that right? 1%. bob: 99/1. that is greg: we ll never convince you rich people are human. i get it. bob: look at eric. he s human. greg: what makes the football phenom so phenomenal? that s redundant. we ll tell you after the break. stick around.
bob: we don t mind carrying you all. it s important we do that. kimberly: keep losing corporations by all of this ridiculous regulations. bob: we didn t stop paying for the red states. we have the current tax rate and president obama wants to raise taxes on corporations. bob: on 2% of the people that should have it raised. you call it dividing the country, what is the line you use? kimberly: class warfare. bob: yeah. it s 98% versus 2%. that is class warfare; is that right? 1%. bob: 99/1. that is greg: we ll never convince you rich people are human. i get it. bob: look at eric. he s human. greg: what makes the football phenom so phenomenal? that s redundant.
do you agree? i agree with that. he s going to have to firm that up. that s, by the way, part and parcel of the whole disclosure of his taxes as well because we have to know what he is and believes and how he s lived his life and how he thinks people should be explain that to me. nobody is saying that he s done anything illegally? if he would be more specific about the things i can tell you how he lives his life. he s an aggressive businessman and looks for every break he can get and he probably didn t pay taxes. doesn t go over the line. does what s legal. i don t think there s a question of what s legal. i think in the debate that is going on in the 99.1 versus the .9%, that are running, people are wondering is there a fairness question here? does he understand how the rest of us have to live and how we pay our taxes? it s a big issue. is he a guy who understands who i am? no. perhaps if he would be more