okay, dana, was he just frustrated? he is just talking and it is just words. it is not even a sentence. he said this obamacare thing as if he does president even know what this is about. he plays dumb sometimes and he is not. he is extremely shaw shrewd. the congress has become dysfunctional since 2006 when they took over. the hope is you would have maturity and common sense and a way to work together. after this quote came out, you could watch reid and pelosi and think no wonder america has a record low amount of confidence in the government. are you claiming congress was functional before 2006? more so than now. are you going to sit here with a straight face, dana and say that the american people yes, i am. we have to take a break. i have to go yell at a producer. coming up, carjacking,
most republicans and moderate democrats joe manchin and ben nelson voted for it, but it was not enough. republicans say it s time to change. no more blank checks. democrats have been in charge of the senate and the white house for three years. they ve had their chance. they have made it worse. we must do better. reporter: a leading fiscal conservative says the american people should be angry with democrats and republicans for doing nothing since the debt agreement last august. we didn t eliminate one program, we didn t do one oversight hearing on the waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. no wonder america s disgusted with congress. top democrat says some of the republican outrage isn t fair. that today s increase pays for debt already incurred. what troubles me greatly is many of the same senators who are going to vote against the debt ceiling voted for the spending. they voted to spend the money knowing we didn t have it. meanwhile, the government watchdog over
tells us why. the vote is 44 yeas, 52 nays. the motion is not agreed to. a measure objecting to a $1.2 trillion increase in the debt ceiling by president obama failed in the senate. pushing the borrowing limit to $16.4 trillion. most republicans and moderate democrats joe manchin and ben nelson voted for it, but it was not enough. republicans say it s time to change. no more blank checks. democrats have been in charge of the senate and the white house for three years. they ve had their chance. they have made it worse. we must do better. reporter: a leading fiscal conservative says the american people should be angry with democrats and republicans for doing nothing since the debt agreement last august. we didn t eliminate one program, we didn t do one oversight hearing on the waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. no wonder america s disgusted with congress. top democrat says some of the republican outrage isn t fair. that today s increase pays for