going to undermine national security. illegal aliens are undermining national security. apparently there were no conspirator terrorism arrests in his district today. oh bummer. you know i swear it s groundhog day. republicans certainly house republicans always taking us to the brink this way. even with the terrorists in new york today and the rather stunning display of pr good pr by mr. comey and jeh johnson, explaining in slightly different ways why what the congress is doing is so absurd i don t think there s any guaranty at all that the republicans in the house aren t just going to go marching forward off that cliff and they probably will take it up to the 11th hour and make them look like the party of shutdown. john boehner has to decide to go off that cliff, because he can move a bill with democratic
be as feisty as the ones we saw on this side. so it is really not clear how this is going to play out and when. as i mentioned, sure, the house could be called back. there are some senators sticking around. as of now, no votes are scheduled for tomorrow, and votes in the house aren t scheduled until monday evening. migel? good luck. keep up the good work there, thanks very much. thanks. there s at least one concrete plan to end the standoff. here is what susan collins presented to the president. it would end the government shutdown, extend government funding six months with sequester level spending cuts, repeal a tax on medical devices and raise the debt ceiling. senior white house correspondent brianna keilar live from the white house. brianna, cautious optimism of striking a deal with republicans seems to have gone away. are we back to square one now? reporter: well, certainly when it comes to house republicans i think tuesday we saw president obama indicate a willingness on
with the country teetering on the edge of the fiscal cliff, many members of the house aren t even in washington. they re waiting on a call from john boehner to proceed to action. the house leadership is calling on the republican leadership to come to work and stop stonewalling every effort to get the job done, including that taxes are not raced on tens of millions of middle class families. the house does come babb, it s an open question as to whether or not john boehner has the power to muster up the votes. with me now, jonathan allen, senior washington correspondent for politoco. he recently wrote about the pushback congressman boehner is getting from those that had their committee assignments stripped. hello. i m doing well. we just heard over the break
nose on taxes, if boehner gives up leverage on the debt ceiling he d have in two months politically, what did you get in return for that? that s what s unclear to me. that s what i can t figure out, because, you know, there has to be a place here, what boehner s folks keep telling the white house, we re not going to lay down here. we have to save some political face here, you have to understand that. if you re not going to own entitlement reform. the white house doesn t want to do that publicly, willing to be dragged to it, they shouldn t expect to get this idea they re going to get unlimited powers to raise the debt ceiling without it becoming an issue in two months. what i would say the whole deal could get institutelescutt sealin ceiling. i can save everybody time now, republicans in the house aren t going to give up the
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