gets to the house we will see john john boehner to do what he s been doing, allow bills to pass with the minority of republicans and the majority of democrats. the filibuster is bad for the republicans. i think it reiterates the idea that the nra must be up in the grille of those senators saying you cannot let this out of the senate bass boehner has shown he s willing to pass bills with a minority of republicans. they ve targeted eric canter in advertisements saying look, eric cantor is going to help shepherd through president obama s gun legislation. a lie, by the way. but, i want to take, i want to find out people s thoughts on the idea that the president said yesterday, i m not going to paraphrase him. we ll play the sound that this isn t about him. this is about something bigger, let s hear the sound. connecticut, this is not about me. this is not about politics. this is about doing the right thing for all the family who is are here that have been torn apart by gun violence
production team, they re standing outside the gop conference, eric canter, the number two in the house of representatives, he says that he cannot support the bill. he cannot support the senate bill what does that mean? that means the house is going to vote to amend the bill. they do not think there are enough spending cuts in this bill. that s what we ve been hearing consistently as news trickled out from that closed-door meeting. they have broken up that one meeting. they will have another later today. this is not going as smoothly as a lot of people had hoped, particularly after that 89-8 vote in the senate in the wee hours of the morning, about 1:45 a.m. in the senate when they voted. unprecedented, amazing bipartisan vote, really. up to the house now. the senate has gone to the winds. here s what happens, this is complicated and vital. not to mention interesting. let s assume that the house amends the senate bill.
they finished their caucus. coming out in support of that deal that came from the senate and was approved in that vote 89-8. nancy pelosi, highwoyey there a well, to count the votes to make sure how many they could guarantee to support that bill. there s a recent development we have learned here at msnbc. we are hearing there is not support coming from cantor. the speaker is not sure he walked by the cameras earlier. did not make a comment. nbc s mike viqueira what are you hearing? eric cantor, the number two republican after john boehner, the speaker of the house voiced his lack of support.
the senate is gone. they don t expect to come back to the next congress that begins on january 3rd, that s thursday. let s assume the house votes tonight or tomorrow to change the bill. if the senate doesn t act by the time the next congress is sworn in on thursday, we re in a brand new congress. a congress must be sworn in on january 3rd that means we start over again on the floor of the house and senate. the stakes could not be higher at this point. this is big news. and what are you hearing about what happened in the meeting that the republicans had? speaker boehner had said repeatedly if the measure went through the senate, they would take it to a vote. eric canter, the number two republican in the house of representatives, has come out of that gop conference, outside that conference and told the
that this idea that the senate last night had an 89 members voting together in a bipartisan way, that this was missed on his colleagues in the house does does this mean? eric cantor said he was not for it as it currently was. he wanted to see an amendment. john baoehner has been silent about this. i m hearing harry reid would essentially laugh at that and say are you kidding me? we spent this time, joe biden and mitch mcconnell spent all this time trying to get an agreement. what are we supposed to do with this? this leaves the question out there, could we go over the fiscal cliff entirely? we are teetering on the edge from where we stand now, it s a good possibility. i will say though, if john boehner wanted to take this bill and put it to the floor without amendments, essentially having a p profile in courage moment t would probably pass. from the republican i spoke to in the room, they said if