believe that john boehner and eric cantor have the ability, i think they would, and if they can t, well, i think there s a question as to their leadership ability. but i would certainly think they can get 125 or 150 or 160 members of their caucus to join a like number in our caucus to pass a balanced constructed deal at that time president of the united states will support and that will put america on a fiscally sustainable path. does this mean we re going over the cliff? well, the president doesn t want to go over the cliff. as you ll recall in the third debate, he said we weren t going to go over the cliff. none of us want to go over the cliff. that s not good for our economy. it s not good for our people. and we need to work to avoid that. i am hopeful that in the next five days, six days between now and next wednesday, when i presume we re going to be coming back, i am hopeful that the president i know is willing to work. the speaker and others will work to try to get to an agr
can t, well, i think there s a question as to their leadership ability. but i would certainly think they can get 125 or 150 or 160 members of their caucus to join a like number in our caucus to pass a balanced constructed deal at that time president of the united states will support and that will put america on a fiscally sustainable path. does this mean we re going over the cliff? well, the president doesn t want to go over the cliff. as you ll recall in the third debate, he said we weren t going to go over the cliff. none of us want to go over the cliff. that s not good for our economy. it s not good for our people. and we need to work to avoid that. i am hopeful that in the next five days, six days between now and next wednesday, when i presume we re going to be coming back, i am hopeful that the president i know is willing to
a like number in our caucus to pass a balanced constructed deal at that time president of the united states will support and that will put america on a fiscally sustainable path. does this mean we re going over the cliff? well, the president doesn t want to go over the cliff. as you ll recall in the third debate, he said we weren t going to go over the cliff. none of us want to go over the cliff. that s not good for our economy. it s not good for our people. and we need to work to avoid t five days, six days between now and next wednesday, when i presume we re going to be coming back, i am hopeful that the president i know is willing to work. the speaker and others will work to try to get to an agreement that can in fact be adopted by the house of representatives, passed by the united states senate, and signed by the president of the united states. that will require what we haven t seen in this republican majority, the willingness to compromise and be reasonable and
but where are the next three, four, five trillion dollars worth of reduck that is need to happen to put america on a fiscally sustainable path. let me think about the proposal we got from the president. if he with gave him $1.6 trillion of new money, what do you think he would do with it? he would spend it. that s what washington does. you don t think he would use it to help pay down the debt? he will spend it. look where he put up the unspecified cuts up, and yet at the same time that s over $400 billion over ten years. while he wants over $400 billion in new stimulus spending. this is it s a nonserious proposal. you talked about the fact that the president won and you came out with a concession the day after the election. they point out that the president campaigned on raising tax rates. you know, it was the big issue between him and romney and they said just as he had to cave
but where are the next three, four, five trillion dollars worth of reduck that is need to happen to put america on a fiscally sustainable path. let me think about the proposal we got from the president. if he with gave him $1.6 trillion of new money, what do you think he would do with it? he would spend it. that s what washington does. you don t think he would use it to help pay down the debt? he will spend it. look where he put up the unspecified cuts up, and yet at the same time that s over $400 billion over ten years. while he wants over $400 billion in new stimulus spending. this is it s a nonserious proposal. you talked about the fact that the president won and you came out with a concession the day after the election. they point out that the president campaigned on raising tax rates. you know, it was the big issue between him and romney and they said just as he had to cave