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FIRST I WANT TO ASK ABOUT A
CERTAIN EXCHANGE THAT MIGHT HAVE
GOTTEN A BIT OF ATTENTION, ABOUT
YOU IF YOU CAN HELP ONE CHILD
WITH CANCER, WHY WOULDN'T YOU DO
IT?
>> LISTEN -- WHY ONE AGAINST THE
OTHER?
>> WHY WOULD WE WANT TO DO THAT?
I HAVE 1100 PEOPLE AT NELLIS AIR
FORCE BASE SITTING HOME.
THEY HAVE A FEW PROBLEMS OF
THEIR OWN.
TO HAVE SOMEONE OF YOUR
INTELLIGENCE SUGGEST SUCH A
THING MAY --
>> I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION.
>> -- MAY BE IRRESPONSIBLE.
I'M NOT KNOWN FOR BEING REAL
ARTICULATE, BUT WHAT I WAS
TRYING TO SAY IS WE CAN'T BE
PIECEMEALING ALL THIS STUFF.
WE HAVE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL THAT'S CLOSED.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE
NOT ABLE TO GET THEIR W.I.C.
MONIES.
WE HAVE DISABLED VETERANS WHO
ARE WORKING BUT NOT GETTING
PAID.
WE HAVE HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AT
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ON
FURLOUGH.
SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
EVERYTHING.
WE CAN'T JUST LOOK AT ONE PART
OF THIS.
REALIZE THIS -- PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT WHY DON'T YOU NEGOTIATE?
REMEMBER THE THING THAT EVERYONE
HAS TO PUNDS WE -- OR I WAS
CONTACTED THE FIRST PAFR OF
SEPTEMBER BY JOHN BOEHNER.
HE SAID WE'VE GOT TO GET
SOMETHING DONE HERE ON THIS.
HE SAID, GREAT, HERE'S MY DEAL.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE OUR NUMBER,
$988 BILLION.
I SAID I CAN'T GO THAT.
WE HAVE 70 BILLION MORE THAN
THAT.
I CAN'T AGREE TO THAT.
HE SAID WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT.
SO WE SPENT MORE TIME TOGETHER,
AND I AGREED.
THAT WAS REALLY HARD.
MY CAUCUS REALLY DIDN'T LIKE
THAT.
WE TOOK A REAL HIT.
WE NEGOTIATED.
HE SAID YOU AGREE TO THAT, WE'LL
HAVE THIS TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.
RIGHT AWAY HAS NEVER COME.
>> Reporter: SO YOU'RE SAYING HE
TOLD YOU, PROMISED YOU IN A
PRIVATE MEETING HE WOULD PASS A
CLEAN BILL WITH NO STRINGS
ATTACHED, PARTICULARLILY ON
OBAMA CARE.
>> THAT'S WHY WE DID IT, THAT'S
WHY WE AGREED TO ONE OF THE
LOWER NUMBERS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST
COMPROMISES I'VE BEEN IN
CONGRESS.
THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.
$70 BILLION JUST LIKE THAT.
SO --
>> AND HE COULDN'T DELIVER.
>> Reporter: SO ARE YOU SAYING
THAT HE MISLED YOU?
THAT HE LIED?
>> I THINK HE REALLY INTENDED TO
DO THAT, BUT REMEMBER WHAT HE
TRIED TO DO.
TO GET THINGS OUT OF THE HOUSE,
WHAT HE DID AND THEN HE GOT
STUCK WITH THE OBAMA CARE, TO
GET SOME VOTES FROM THE
SEW-CALLED TEA PARTY.
I WAS GOING TO CALL THEM
CRAZIES, BUT I SHOULDN'T DO
THAT.
>> YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS
ABOUT?
HE'S SIMPLY TRYING TO PROTECT
THE JOB AND HAS BROKE THE THE
GOVERNMENT TO A SCREECHING HALT
FOR THAT REASON?
>> JOHN BOEHNER KNOWS THIS WOULD
PASS OVERWHELMINGLY IF HE WOULD
LET THE DEMOCRATS VOTE ON IT.
WE KNOW THAT HE ONLY NEEDS 18
REPUBLICANS, AND CERTAINLY 18
REPUBLICANS, SO, YES, I THINK
THAT THE SPEAKER HAS TO BE MORE
CONCERNED ABOUT OUR COUNTRY THAN
HE IS ABOUT HIS JOB.
>> Reporter: YOU REALLY THINK
EFFECTIVELY CALLING HIM A WIMP
IS GOING TO MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS
MIND.
>> I HAVEN'T CALLED HIM A WIMP.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT'S MY WORD, NOT YOURS, BUT I
SAY HE DOESN'T HAVE COURAGE MUCH
THAT'S PRETTY TOUGH.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE
IT.
ALL I KNOW IS TAKING CARE OF THE
DEBT CEILING, IT'S DONE.
ALL HE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS LET
PEOPLE VOTE ON IT.
YOU CAN DESCRIBE IT AS WIMP,