of the debt, and the mortgage that we re putting on the backs of our kids in the future. that s a conversation americans want to have. we still have job creation issues and so forth. and the party s so far out right now, how do they swing back? that s my question to you, joan. you ve got to answer there. how does boehner bring his party back to the table where there can be a deal? because without a deal, failure. failure of this whole process. i don t think he does. i mean, i think he brings some people who vote with democrats to lift the debt ceiling. this worries me as a democrat. to some extent, you could say this is a victory for republicans. they are getting what they want in terms of a shorter lifting of the debt ceiling. we do come back at least in the senate bill talked about last night. it never took shape, so we don t know really what s in it yet. but they were going to come up with some kind of debt solution and they were going to have a big negotiation on the budget tha
of our kids in the future. that s a conversation americans want to have. we still have job creation issues and so forth. and the party s so far out right now, how do they swing back? that s my question to you, joan. you ve got to answer there. how does boehner bring his party back to the table where there can be a deal? because without a deal, failure. failure of this whole process. i don t think he does. i mean, i think he brings some people who vote with democrats to lift the debt ceiling. this worries me as a democrat. to some extent, you could say this is a victory for republicans. they are getting what they want in terms of a shorter lifting of the debt ceiling. we do come back at least in the senate bill talked about last night. it never took shape, so we don t know really what s in it yet. but they were going to come up with some kind of debt solution and they were going to have a big negotiation on the budget that was going to be done by the middle of december. and liberals
problem. this isn t our money we re spending, we re spending our kids and grandkids money. and then with this complete breakdown with the exchanges, honest to goodness, it s two weeks, in another two months we re going to be fining people for not being in a program they can t sign up for. this is ridiculous. if we don t have a long-term debt solution, there s going to be a rocky road for this. that s even in the senate. we understand it s a temporary zea deal, you heard my take on deadlines, you don t like those short-term deadlines either. just kicking it to january and february, is that no to you? would you vote against that? i want to hear the details about what the plan is. is there anywhere there s a temporary deal like that would satisfy you to vote yes? again, i want to know the details of what s happening. the big hangup is really the sequester or the cuts. the cuts that have been made under the budget control act.
problem. this isn t our money we re spending, we re spending our kids and grandkids money. and then with this complete breakdown with the exchanges, honest to goodness, it s two weeks, in another two months we re going to be fining people for not being in a program they can t sign up for. this is ridiculous. if we don t have a long-term debt solution, there s going to be a rocky road for this. that s even in the senate. we understand it s a temporary zea deal, you heard my take on deadlines, you don t like those short-term deadlines either. just kicking it to january and february, is that no to you? would you vote against that? i want to hear the details about what the plan is. is there anywhere there s a temporary deal like that would satisfy you to vote yes? again, i want to know the details of what s happening. the big hangup is really the sequester or the cuts. the cuts that have been made under the budget control act.
congress needs to do its job. you say you refuse to negotiate over a debt solution. it s congress s job to pass a budget. they have to pass a budget. are you saying the president won t negotiate? he wants to negotiate. joining me now, as he does every sunday, chris wallace. that s not even all you have on the show. we ll get to that in a second. i want to ask you, how can jack lew say that it s exclusively or i think he said it s solely congress s job and at the same time, he said the president is willing to help and meet, but he hasn t? well, two points there, and you just got a flavor of it. it really is worth watching this interview because it s quite a contentious interview, and i think, actually, it keys in on one of the main points here, jamie, and that is for the first week, most of the heat has been on republicans for their decision to link funding the