republicans in terms of cuts than the reid plan. they are trying to push the reid plan as being fiscally responsible because it takes only one vote to raise the debt ceiling. this is what the white house is saying, two votes is something along the lines of let s revisit this topic next year throwing the whole process into chaos once again. that s the white house s line. we ve been reporting this now for three days and they have yet to issue their denial. not that i often take that with anything more than a grain of salt but there you have it. alisyn: that is a bombshell, charlie. thank you for sharing that with us. we ll check back in with you. also, we need to tell you some more breaking news. moments ago in the white house briefing room reporters pressed about the president s role in these high stakes debt debates watch this. you ve said several times the highest levels there are phone calls happening from here and yet mow mansion who is one of the conservative democratic senators
debt ceiling vote. moments ago speaker john boehner passionately rallied his republican members on the floor of the house. it s been a challenging week for the speaker as the debt plan has been delayed several times and adjusted. after the vote, in a matter of minutes, the pressure will shift to the senate, and the search for compromise. after fine-tuning his debt plan again to include a balanced budget amendment to secure enough republican votes to pass, speaker john boehner made his final pitch. i stuck my neck out a mile to try to get an agreement with the president of the united states i stuck my neck out a mile and it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle, put something on the table! tell us where you are! [applause] house democrats were angered by the addition of the balanced budget provision and expressed their frustration. in the last 24 hours, we ve confirmed what many people suspected, which is that the tea
on a lot of things. when he was in the room, he was the smartest guy in the room on that issue. so you ve got praise there for bill clinton. keep in mind, folks, we wouldn t be to this stage had barack obama accepted remember last sunday night, we are told that apparently, the wisemen from congress had come together, both republicans and democrats and they had formulated a plan and harry reid said john boehner, i like that plan, i m going to take it to the president. he took it to the president. the president looked at it and goes this is a short term deal. we d have to vote on this again before my re-election campaign. absolutely not. go back. had the president accepted the deal on sunday, we would not be here. also, remember, the senate has on their table the cut, cap and balance so for people who say what? the house hasn t sent them anything, that s flat-out wrong. they have something to consider from the house. on the other side of this, the white house says speaker boehner a
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markets think it s so great. there is a little more in terms of what we ve seen out of the republicans in terms of cuts than the reid plan. they are trying to push the reid plan as being fiscally responsible because it takes only one vote to raise the debt ceiling. this is what the white house is saying, two votes is something along the lines of let s revisit this topic next year throwing the whole process into chaos once again. that s the white house s line. we ve been reporting this now for three days and they have yet to issue their denial. not that i often take that with anything more than a grain of salt but there you have it. alisyn: that is a bombshell, charlie. thank you for sharing that with us. we ll check back in with you. also, we need to tell you some more breaking news. moments ago in the white house briefing room reporters pressed about the president s role in these high stakes debt debates watch this. you ve said several times the highest levels there are phone calls