donna edwards and other liberals aggressively challenged hoyer on that.na edwards apologized to hoyer, said i apologize for the tone but not for the substance of what was said. they are unified publicly, house democrats. that is important. people try to forget the house minority like the house minority doesn't matter. but boehner will need 60, 70, 80, 90 democrats. probably a hundred won't vote for the debt ceiling no matter what. >> with those hundred republicans, that won't vote for the debt ceiling no matter what, is it a fact that there may not be the willingness to cut a deal no matter what on the republican side of this? and maybe the strategy of the white house and the president is, to put everything on the table and force them to say no, no matter what you do, we don't want to anyway. which will really make the american public understand. these people don't care about running the country or default. it is about ideology, not about the economy. >> the white house would be happy. they would appear like they are the adults and republicans are the chi

. >> tonight, donna edwards, dennis kucinich all on the latest. >>> in psycho talk.republicans are worried the weak economy might be hurting the country club crowd. >> they don't continue paying for country club dues and mitt romney is measuring the drapes for the oval office. he's already naming his vp picks. this guy needs some help. >>> great to have you with us tonight, folks. at this hour, john boehner, speaker of the house is twisting arms and cutting deals to round up enough votes to pass his plan to hold president obama accountable. last night i told you boehner had a short fuse, today he proved it. less than 12 hours after his original bill went down in flames, he ripped into the members of the caucus this morning. the speaker of the house said get your [ bleep ] in line this is the bill. after the meeting, boehner went on a hard right wing talk show to brag about what a tough guy he is. >> is it true that you told some of the republican members this morning that you need to get your a-word in line behind this debt ceiling bill? >> i sure did. listen, this i

donna edwards is among the democrats warning the president don't count on my vote if any deal involves big changes to medicare and social security. gloria borger has spent the day and the week working her sources on the negotiations. also with us david gergen. the president of the united states today having a second news conference. the theme, the republicans have come to at the end of the week, is mr. president, you're the president. lead. put a machine on the table. you put the specifics. you go first. the president has made clear, no. should he? >> yes. i've been surprised all along that the white house has been so reluctant to reveal what its own preferences would be. it's a political man you're to not attract controversy. john, if in fact the white house is working as the senate which appears what's going on to shape some kind of compromise around the mcconnell plan, the public really deserves to know what those cuts are. i have to support significant cuts, but we need to know what's involved if you're going to cut the budget by a trillion to a trillion and a half over the next te

let's turn to bernie sanders and congresswoman donna edwards from maryland. senator sanders, how can the president expect the congress to make a quick decision on $3.7 trillion in debt with very little deliberation. what do you make of it? >> you can't and you won't. there are two separate issues. number one, obviously we can't default on our debt, it would be disaster for the country in one way or another, with wall street understanding how significant it is for them, we're into the going to default on our debt. the second separate issue is how you move forward sensibly on deficit reduction. in my view, this gang of six proposal is a disaster. it lowers the tax rate very substantially for the wealthy, and it will make devastating, this is not modification, devastating cuts in social security, medicare, medicaid, education, nutrition. you name the program that are struggling, working class in this country desperately needs, it is going to be cut. i would estimate if the gang of six proposal were ever to pass, that i will do my best to see that doesn't happen.

we decided we are going to believe, and ask the people around us to believe we thought, and now donna edwards that there are some good guys in congress, and she is definitely one of the good guys. it is a great pleasure to introduce our real progressive who fights for progressive values in the united states congress, donna edwards. [applause] >> i came to the united states three years ago from china. i did not know what to expect, but i found out very soon that my high school in south philadelphia was one of the most violent schools in the city. one by one, all my friends were getting beaten up. many of them dropped out soon after. in the lunchroom, asian students got foodborne on them every day. the cafeteria manager made fun of our accent's when we ordered food. i did not go to the lunch room for two years. we were beaten in hallways and bathrooms. i heard racial slurs all the time, and we told administrators at the school. sometimes they laughed at us or told us to speak english. sometimes they yelled at us as if it were our fault, or shrugged their shoulders and walk away. in october 2008

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donna f. edwardsexcited, she tweeted, love the new ladies room off the floor of the house, three cheers to speaker boehner. well, you know, at least democrats and republicans agree on something. but we know what they don't agree on right now continues to be what to do about the and the "slate" political reporter. good to see you. >> hi, chris. >> dave, what's going on with the president, he only announced an hour ago he would speak in just a few minutes? authority. % itld)át would be too myÑ' a ris suit me. >> given what he just had to say, emily, given what happened last night with john boehner not being able to wrangle the votes. the option of the president going it alone, and that's something you didn't hear too many calls about it. but now you're hearing it from several different corners and it looks like more of at least an option given the chaos and uncertainty on capitol hill. >> well, let me ask you about the position of john boehner right now. where is he in all of this, emily? >> well, he's

donna edwards. ms. edwards: it is maryland's 4th. and in the 4th congressional district in maryland just like across the country, people in my district are stymied at the idea that we would reduce medicare benefits and we would end them and shift costs on things like medicaid to our states, that we would reduce benefits for social security. all of this in the context of a conversation about lifting a debt ceiling and making cost cuts to things that impact our debt, our long-term debt and our deficits when i just wanted to point to the gentleman, most americans don't know this, but i think they need to understand as you can see here from this chart that the largest portion of our long-term debt is caused by the bush-era tax cuts, not by medicare and not by social security. to be sure, one might argue, i think, that we need to make sure that medicare and social security are solvent for generations to come, because we want to honor the contract that i've made with my mother, that my son has made with me, but that shouldn't be anywhere n