is you. you and senator reid. >> if president obama won't come to the table, what can we do? >> the truth is this, the house has compromised over and over and over again. >> to fund the piecemeal bills gives ted cruz veto power over what is funded and what isn't. >> no compromise, no discussion. shut down the government. this is harry reid's shut down. he wants to shut it down and refuses to listen to the american people. >> ted cruz is not the entire u.s. government. >> speaker john boehner won't even let the bill get a yes or no vote because he doesn't want to anger the extremist miss the party. >> get rid of the tea party direction. work with us. >> the tea party isn't going away. the tea party is hanging in. if anything, the tea party is getting stronger. >> senior adviser to president reagan pat buchanan calling the