reopen the hassle rule. if we get to tuesday and wednesday and he does not have a majority of republicans, all the democrats could bring maybe talks broke down last night between mcconnell and reid. the senate republicans thought they had a deal friday night. everybody thought yesterday it was all going to happen, and then reid backed off. part of that is the white house. they didn t like the sequester issues and these numbers that were rallying around collins. i think on wednesday boehner just takes the senate bill that s sitting there don t forget, at any point in time, he can just throw that out there, throw it in, put it out as one bill ask then we sort of punt for six weeks. obama care is still the center debate of all this. kathleen sebelius has been sort of the debating point of this, and we talked about her, she s the director of health and human services. she runs the health care plan. she runs obama care. she thinks she runs health and security. it s part of the s
if we get to tuesday and wednesday and he does not have a majority of republicans, all the democrats could bring maybe talks broke down last night between mcconnell and reid. the senate republicans thought they had a deal friday night. everybody thought yesterday it was all going to happen, and then reid backed off. part of that is the white house. they didn t like the sequester issues and these numbers that were rallying around collins. i think on wednesday boehner just takes the senate bill that s sitting there don t forget, at any point in time, he can just throw that out there, throw it in, put it out as one bill ask then we sort of punt for six weeks. obama care is still the center debate of all this. kathleen sebelius has been sort of the debating point of this, and we talked about her, she s the director of health and human services. she runs the health care plan. she runs obama care. she thinks she runs health and security. it s part of the security verification.
the problem is, that does not sell with the tea party. the tea party caucus does not want this. they do not believe a big entitlement deal is really something to tout, certainly not something to take home to voters. john boehner could win an increase in the debt ceiling as well as a reopening of the government if he chooses to reopen the hassett rule. if we get to tuesday and wednesday and he does not have a majority of republicans, all the democrats could bring maybe talks broke down last night between mcconnell and reid. the senate republicans thought they had a deal friday night. everybody thought yesterday it was all going to happen, and then reid backed off. part of that is the white house. they didn t like the sequester issues and these numbers that were rallying around collins. i think on wednesday boehner just takes the senate bill that s sitting there don t forget, at any point in time, he can just throw that out there, throw it in, put it out as one bill and then we s
reform and spending reform, and they will have to decide how they vote when we respond after this back and forth. so you re willing to go to the brink, is that right, congressman duffy, and including if necessary shutting down the federal government in order to prevent funding for obama care? wolf, america does not like obama care. we conservatives in the house and senate don t like it either. that doesn t mean we have to shut the government down. but it does mean we have to engage in this conversation and fight over it. if we don t have this fight, we can t make any progress. listen, we don t want to shut the government down. we want to have the debate. so it s just a debating point, is that what you re saying? you re not really going to shut the government down, if the senate which is democratic controlled does not stop funding obama care, you will allow the government to remain in business, is that what i m hearing? so wolf, for all i know, harry reid and mitch mcconnell are
america wants and what the president wants or what capitol hill is proposing given the conversations that went on yesterday. internationally we see the same thing. only two people, two countries on the security council out of 15, so that s the five permanent members, u.s., china, russia, france and the u.k. and the 10 non permanent members, only two, france and the u.s., overtly support this action. jenna: kosovo, for example, being an example for republicans in congress not wanting to vote, did not vote yes to move forward in kosovo, for example and maybe the public support also wasn t there at that time. when you look back at that, it s widely viewed as a good decision to have military intervention in that particular area. so are there some comparisons we can draw upon? maybe the public isn t supporting it. maybe the lawmakers aren t but in the end, it s the right decision? i think kosovo is a good debating point.