0 you see, on the eve of the shutdown, congressman peter king of new york waged revolt in the house. sort of a republican revolt on capitol hill with five hours to go until a possible partial government shutdown. spoken to some moderate house republicans, who are working as we speak to stage what effectively would be a revolt to try to stop their own party from passing their plans. king went on the record, saying he had enough votes to kill the house bill and shut down the government. what we need is 15 to 20 votes to defeat the rule, and that would keep it from coming up. so i think put it this way, i can tell you at least 25 people on saturday night who told me they were definitely going to vote no. but when the votes were ta y tallied, just one other so-called moderate, charlie dent of pennsylvania, voted with peter king. a dramatic win for the tea party that cleared the way for the shutdown. so much for the preservation caucus. but the government shutdown and the democr
0 but when the votes were tallied, just one other so-called moderate, charlie dent of pennsylvania, voted with peter king. a dramatic win for the tea party that cleared the way for the shutdown. so much for the preservation caucus. but the government shutdown and the democrats pushing speaker boehner to bring a clean cr to the floor, the speaker pushed back. there are not the votes in the house to pass a clean cr. but according to whip counts from nbc news, the washington post, and others, the speaker was dead wrong. the huffington post reported there were up to 29 republicans who favored ending the shutdown with no strings attached. it s called arithmetic. the votes are there. all 29 could have voted with king and the democrats to avert a shutdown, but members like devon nunez and darrell issa and tom cole took the easy away out and let the country suffer. members like john runyan and lew barletta sat on their hands and let the suicide caucus hijack direction, we re not
0 tame blame for shutting the government down. but the so-called suicide caucus shouldn t take all the blame. the preservation caucus of self-described moderate republicans could have stopped the shutdown before it started. you see, on the eve of the shutdown, congressman peter king of new york waged revolt in the house. sort of a republican revolt on capitol hill with five hours to go until a possible partial government shutdown. spoken to some moderate house republicans, who are working as we speak to stage what effectively would be a revolt to try to stop their own party from passing their plans. king went on the record, saying he had enough votes to kill the house bill and shut down the government. what we need is 15 to 20 votes to defeat the rule, and that would keep it from coming up. so i think put it this way, i can tell you at least 25 people on saturday night who told me they were definitely going to vote no. but when the votes were tallied, just one other so-call
years, it s hard to believe that new people couldn t be of use. all right. ezra klein, read more of ezra thewashingtonpost.com. katty kay, thanks as well. wes, you leaving? are we going to lose you? wes has to go. if you re playing treasury secretary jeopardy! that was good. that was impressive. albert gallatin for $300. see, he had to one-up you. exactly. that s awful. it was great. you went to the $1,000. meacham john snowe. who was the last woman secretary of treasury? of the treasury? jon? i don t think there s been one. edna this is like the senior version of jeopardy!. wes, good to see you. we miss you in new york city, but you re doing good work in baltimore. coming up next, connecticut governor danell malloy. we showed you that clip.
0 and he did it honorably. he did it decently. i don t want barry bonds, that felon, that creep, i don t want him in the same state with hank aaron. i mean, and maybe it s just because of the era, you know, that i come from. i don t want him in this he does not belong in the same baseball universe as hank aaron. well, he belongs in the hall of fame, joe. i mean, prior to 1999 when the suspicions of steroid use and bonds were linked together, he s a hall of fame ballplayer. roger clemens, yankees, red sox career, he s a hall of fame ballplayer. mike, i understand that s like saying that a guy before he started robbing banks at 35 was a really good deacon at his church. i know. and by the way, bonds, i mean, here s the great tragedy and teach it to our kids barry bonds was one of the ten greatest baseball players of all time before he started cheating. it wasn t enough for him. she was selfish and greedy. how many times did he do 30/30? 30 stolen bases, 30 home runs when hi