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I WANT TO BRING IN DANA BASH TO
GIVE ME MORE DETAILS ON THE
VOTE.
>> Reporter: THE VOTE IS FINAL.
THE FINAL NUMBER IS 285-144.
AS WE SAID EARLIER, IT PASSED.
BUT THE THING THAT WE WERE
WATCHING FOR THE LAST BIT OF
POLITICAL DRAMA THAT WAS LEFT
WAS TO SEE HOW THE REPUBLICAN
CAUCUS VOTED HERE AND WHETHER OR
NOT JOHN BOEHNER WOULD GET A
MAJORITY OF A MAJORITY TO BE
UNITED AS HE TOLD HIS CAUCUS IN
PRIVATE, WE UNDERSTAND EARLIER
TODAY.
HE DID NOT.
IT DIDN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO
THAT.
THIS WAS PASSED WITH THE HELP OF
I BELIEVE AT THE END OF THE DAY
ALL DEMOCRATS.
WE HAVE TO CHECK THAT JUST TO
MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY SWITCHED
THEIR VOTES IN THE END.
BUT ALL DEMOCRATS WERE UNITED
WHICH IS PRETTY RARE WHEN YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT 200 PEOPLE.
BUT THEY WERE UNITED IN DOING
THIS.
AND IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU
WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE
PAST TWO WEEKS WHEN THE HOUSE
REPUBLICANS HAD SO MANY
DIFFERENT VERSIONS AND OPTIONS
OF HOW TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT,
ALL OF WHICH WERE DEALING WITH
DEFUNDING OR DELAYING OBAMA
CARE, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS,
SOME REPUBLICANS, IN THE LATER
WEEKS, SAID LET'S JUST PUT A
CLEAN BILL ON THE FLOOR.
JOHN BOEHNER DIDN'T WANT TO DO
IT BECAUSE HE WANTED TO STAY
TRUE TO THE CONSERVATIVES IN HIS
CAUCUS.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A
MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS APPROVING
A BILL.
WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JUST
HAPPENED.
SO HE RESISTED FOR SO LONG DOING
WHAT EXACTLY ENDED UP HAPPENING
AT THE END OF THE DAY.
>> AND DANA, DO YOU EXPECT JOHN
BOEHNER, OTHER REPUBLICANS, TO
BE SPEAKING TONIGHT?
WAS JOHN BOEHNER EXPECTED TO
MAKE COMMENTS?
>> Reporter: NO.
I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF JOHN
BOEHNER WAS GOING TO MAKE ANY
COMMENT.
THEY'VE GOT NOTHING TO SAY RIGHT
NOW THAT WOULD BENEFIT I DON'T
THINK THEM POLITICALLY
EXTERNALLY OR INTERNALLY.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO LET
THINGS SIT AN SORT OF CALM DOWN.
I'M TOLD THAT HE SPECIFICALLY
SAID TO HIS MEMBERS IN THIS
PRIVATE MEETING TODAY, WE'RE
GOING TO GO HOME.
THE HOUSE IS GOING HOME AFTER
THIS.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT PICTURES
RIGHT NOW OF HOUSE MEMBERS
LEAVING, GETTING INTO THEIR
VEHICLES WHICH ARE PARKED RIGHT
OUTSIDE THERE.
>> Reporter: EXACTLY.
THEY'RE WALKING DOWN THE STEPS,
LEAVING AND GOING HOME.
AND REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP SOURCE
SAID TO ME JUST ABOUT AN HOUR
AGO IN THE HALLWAY, WE NEED OUR
MEMBERS TO GO HOME.
WE NEED THEM TO GO HOME AND TALK
TO REAL PEOPLE.
IT ALWAYS HELPS WHEN THEY GO
HOME AND TALK TO REAL PEOPLE.
SOUNDS REALLY BASIC AND
FUNDAMENTAL BUT IT REALLY IS A
NECESSARY THING FOR THEM TO GET
OUT OF THE ECHO CHAMBER, NOT
JUST OF WASHINGTON AND ALL THE
PROCESS HERE OR THE POLITICS,
BUT ALSO OF THE WAY THAT THE
PARTY IN PARTICULAR, THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, HAS BEEN SO
SPLIT.
LEADERSHIP REALLY WANTS THEM TO