john boehner had has to tread a very careful line.round this event is very much an effort to show, hey guys, i'm still with you. and he's speaking to the most radical elements of the house caucus. >> barbara boxer, i think framed this in an interesting way on the daily rundown this morning with chuck todd. let's listen to that. >> they're setting up a big fight, mcconnell and boehner over the future debt ceiling, making it a crisis, when it isn't a crisis. they want to create a crisis so people say oh my goodness. maybe if we change everything, things will be better. maybe we need a different president. richard wolffe, that's the best theory i've heard so far about why they might want to create the sensation of a crisis. >> yeah, it ties in with what karl rove is spending $25 million on right now, which is to say, you know, this president promised us a lot. he promised he could make the country work and make washington work, and we've worked really hard to make sure that doesn't happen. so it's his failure, right? you know, the idea t

house speaker john boehner disagrees.own with the speaker where he told me the president needs to get serious about cutting the debt and deficit of this country because no one will like the alternative. >> well, it has to happen or the financial markets will do it for us, in terms of downgrading our debt. and i actually think, regardless of what happenses in the election, the next couple of years will be the most consequential than we've seen in the last 50 because we have the debt issue and a budget deficit that is unsustainable and entitlement programs that are important to tens and millions that are not going to exist if we don't fix them. >> so why has it become so difficult? you're operating without a budget now for three years, the administration. how come it's so difficult to get a budget passed? >> well, the house has passed its budget each of the last three years. it's the senate unable to produce a budget and without a budget from the senate, there's no way to actually have an agreement on how to move forward. a

john harwood, we appreciate it. looks to me speaker boehner and mitt romney are beginning to box president obama into a corner on this. the president can't get a deal done in time. let bring in joy reid, manager editor and a miami columnist and bob terrell, founder and editor of the "american spectator" and author of "the death of liberalism." tony, you have romney on the campaign trail making really good sharp edged speeches about debt, spending and damage to the economy. you have boehner almost heroic in washington saying let's get these tax cuts extended sooner rather than later. what's obama going to do? they're boxing obama in, are they not? >> first of all, any time you mention a pinscher maneuver, three chairs to you. you have romney finding his voice, especially a couple weeks ago when he started talking about a government censored society. with boehner, we saw what he did last time around. we don't mind that he forces the democrats, hard core leftists in the conversation, oh, they're trying to scare everybody again, it a rational conv

john boehner is arguably the most powerful republican in washington.t on his plates and this week i sat down with house speaker and talked with the election, jobs, and getting a handle on america's debt. >> it has to happen or the financial markets will do it for us. in terms of downgrading our debt. and i actually think regardless of what happens in the election, the next couple of years are going to be the most consequential couple of years we've seen in washington in the last 50. because we've got this debt issue we're dealing with, really acting like a wet blanket over our entire economy. we've got a bunt deficit that's unsustainable. we've got entitlement programs that are important to tens of millions of americans that aren't going to exist if we don't fix them. >> what are the specific plans you would like to see happen? >> first on the economic growth side, i think our tax code gets in the way of our ability to grow. i think that we need to overhaul body the corporate tax code and the personal tax code. you look at our budget, we like to see a

but john boehner does not want to do that. he knows that's wouven the few levers that they have against the president. he says we're not doing the debt ceiling unless we're doing spending cuts an reform as big as the increase. gwen: now president meet with some congressional leaders over hogeie this is week. both sides came up with completely different interpretation of how it happen. >> surprise, surprise. it's clear that the president made this clear to be boehner. we should just do the debt ceiling and separate it from everybody else. and he said that that quote took his breath away. it's more of the post erring. gwen: were the hoagie's any good, that's the question. >> they were pushing the government to the edge of default. the markets weren't really wild about this. i mean, how -- how does wall street -- are they finally deciding that these guys are just bluffing? is this going to cause some real problems? >> that's a great question. what we know so far wall street is completely preoccupied. either they were watching fac

>> i would think john boehner was a slow learner. when he went through all that stuff he went through last year and brought the country to all that chaos, you would think he would not want to do that get in an election year. but they decided the best way to beat the president is to create yay yos, not solve any problems, make a mess where you can, throw everybody under the bus you can get ahold of. john boehner does not care about the people of the united states. if he did, he would never talk about threatening the recovery going on in this country. >> the congressional approval rating fell to a then record low after the last debt sealing fight. only 15% approved last ought. he is not even doing well for his own colleagues. >> no, if you think about it, he is going into an election where he has to elect some of these folks he drug back and forth through the mud on his own side with these silly vote that's go nowhere and make them look bad. they're a tax on women and a tax on all kinds of things, science, where ever you look, he dragg

on 60 minutes with the speaker. >> he is going to be john boehner. i will be lesley stahl. we are just reading this. [talking over each other] >> you girls first. aren't you lucky. this is serious. >> i will try. the interview, obama said when john boehner becomes speaker he is going to have to govern. he can't stand on the sidelines and throw bombs. we have to govern. that is what we were elected to do. >> but governing means compromising. >> it means working together. >> it also means compromising. >> finding common ground. >> okay. doesn't that mean compromising? >> i am clear i am not going to compromise on my principles nor am i going to compromise the will of the american people. >> so you are saying i want common ground but i am not going to compromise. i don't understand that. i really don't. >> when you say the word compromise a lot of americans look up and say oh oh, they are going to sell me out. so finding common ground makes more sense. >> so -- you try to make all the bush tax cuts permanent sir you did compromise. >> we found common gr

i do understand why john boehner is doing it. "washington post" pulled the recent numbers on the economy and who would handle it better showed the president tied with mitt romney on that score. 47% on this poll and on oncreation, obama is 1% above it. it seems fullish full foolish to me. it was a theme attic thing. mitch mcconnell, this is mcconnell in 2010, he came out very early on in the presidency of president obama and said, we don't care what happens. we just want to beat obama. here is our esteemed minority leader. >> when you said, quote, the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be an one-term president. how do you respond to those democratic lines of attack. >> well, that is true. that's my single political goal along with every active republican in the country. but that's for 2012. >> as we start the discussion here i want to go to jimmy first. look, jimmy, michael is dumbfounded why they would do this politically. but one explanation, obviously look, if you cause the ratings of the c

john boehner tees up another debt ceiling show down. >> i will insist on my simple performance. >> plus, another establishment candidate falls victim to the tea party. howard fineman on the rough road ahead for the republican leaders >>> and republicans across the country are waging a war on public education. connecticut governor dan malloy will tell us how his state put an end to it. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. vice president joe biden went to the bread basket of this election today. youngstown, ohio. he delivered a wake-up call to democrats and middle class voters. the vice president took mitt romney to task for romney's latest attacks on president obama's record. >> i have great respect for governor romney. he's a patriot, he's a generous man, he gives to his church. he has a beautiful family. but he doesn't get it. he doesn't get what's at the core of all this. it's about people's dignity. >> this goes right to the heart of this campaign, don't you think? workers play a role in business, the middle class plays a big role in this economy, if we're go

he says he is calling on john boehner to do what the democratic controlled senate will not do and honor last august debt ceiling accord by rejecting a senate passed highway bill and postal reform legislation. recommendations from a senate republican as speaker of the house john boehner following up on his comments yesterday telling the president that he will not go along with raising the debt limit unless there are significant spending cuts and reforms to the debt issue. the speaker of the house talking to reporters today following the meeting yesterday at the white house and here is the ohio republican john boehner. >> back together with the president talking about the deficit. do you think there is a dynamic change. do you see renewed hope to talk about with the president? >> i live for hope. i said it this morning. i am an optimist i was born with the glass half full and get up every morning thinking it is possible. if i didn't, i sure couldn't do this job. i don't under estimate the difficulty in coming to an agreement but let's be honest. we know the end of the year is coming. we k

john boehner has said the same thing. >> rarely john boehner and the chairman of the democratic, it isto the election. this house is in play. we have taken the ball from deep on the 20 yard line after the 2010 e elections. we have got it to their 20 yard line and we get closer every day. >> you need remind us again, our viewers again, you need 25 seats? >> 25 seats to take the majority and here's why we are progressive. there is a deep set of buyers' remorse set in. these tea party republicans came to congress to be part of a solution. they are now the problem. they enl gauge in excess partisanship. they are so concerned with taking president obama's one job away from him they have failed to create jobs. we had an adammendment last week that said if tu are a member of congress, give up your pension. you shouldn't be double dipping every single republican voted against themat. they are about helping special interests. these guys were against extending a middle class tax cut but they won't ask big oil companies to sacrifice a nickel of their $40,000,000,000 in subsidies. >> yesterday spe

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over again seriously speaker john boehner once an election year fight over the debt ceiling last year you remember that ugly standoff the government flirted with shutdowns and the nation's bond rating was downgraded for the first time ever well now boehner says again there will be no compromise the stage is set for another showdown over our nation's debt as it nears sixteen trillion dollars president obama and house speaker john boehner headed for a debt ceiling agreement house speaker john boehner he spoke with our own erin burnett yesterday really his message was you know cut spending or else here we go again another showdown over a nation's debt heating up on capitol hill speaker boehner is setting up another fight over the debt ceiling john boehner is warning of another battle brewing over the debt ceiling pledging to put up a fight at the end of the year to reject any tax increases republicans promised on the standoff over the debt ceiling. now i actually think this is an important story where you have a political party that wants to bring the country to the brink of a default fo

house speaker john boehner says in order to raise the company he'll insist on deep cuts. >> allowing the debt ceiling to go up without addressing our fiscal challenge would be the most irresponsible thing i could do. >> reporter: last year's debt battle was contentious. among them, a deal nearly reached at a golf summit between president obama and speaker boehner fell apart. senate majority leader harry reid says it's time for republicans to work with democrats. >> american people have had enough of this brinksmanship. they want us to get things done. >> reporter: today's arguments are the same ones that faced congress then. republicans want deep cuts in spending. democrats want higher taxes for and speaker boehner is also promising there will be a vote on renewing the bush tax cuts that expire at the end. year. >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you. >>> the fbi is now reportedly looking into the $2 billion trading loss at jpmorgan chase. the securities and exchange commission and federal reserve have already opened inquiry, and ceo jamie dimon survived a meeting with shareholde

law. >>> we told you at the top of the show house speaker john boehner said yesterday he will not allow the debt ceiling to be raised again without cutting spending. boehner's warnings echos the demands the republicans made last year. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends the u.s. treasury is expected to reach the current $16.4 trillion debt ceiling limit in early 2013. likely after the november elections. as of now, the u.s. debt roughly $800 billion below that limit with last year's $2.1 trillion increase in the debt limit being used up quickly. >>> enough of the real news. let's huddle up around the water cooler to watch james lipton the host of "inside the actors studio" giving mitt romney, who's been called stiff, some lessons in acting like a human. >> since politics and performance have become pretty much fused and since you've been criticized by some for not coming across as authentic to your public, maybe we can sort of work on that today. let's start with your laugh. >> you know, i live for laughter. i mean -- [ laughter ] >> it isn't working. it's inert. it just

. >>> house speaker john boehner will not bulging on any increase in the country's debt ceiling must be offset by spending cuts. >> if the president continues to put principal before party and our economy is going to suffer. >> coming up at 6:15, where house speaker john boehner is having lunch and things could be a little continues from those comments the proposal calls for this fall and if approved it is almost double the cost of tuition. they will vote in july and there could be more painful cuts if they approve governor brown's tax plans. >>> muni for san francisco's youth is getting more support. a committee with the transportation authority voted to recommend $400,000 for by the lot program. the board had to approve the recommendation. a pilot program is expected to cost $900 million. the metropolitan transportation commission will take a vote next month on a $5 million funding request. >> sal is back with the traffic, well it is doll well so far and we are hoping for things that will not happen. 880 on the mcarthur maze, it is getting busier and there are no major problems fro

the comments of the speaker of the house, john boehner, those comments before the meeting that took place at the white house. if you log on to u.s.debtclock.org the debt per citizen is just over $50,000 and per taxpayer it is $138,000. dueling statements from the speaker of the house. the speaker in a statement issued earlier this afternoon saying he participated in a friendly lunch meeting with the president and other congressional leaders. the president began by laying out policy goals. the bulk of the meeting was spent discussing other issues including the debt limit increase. and then the speaker as this of the president whether or not he was going to ask the president to pass an increase that does not include spending cuts. the president said the increase without doing something serious about the debt is a concern. the speaker asked the president for his plans to deal with the largest tax increase in american history, the expiration of the bush tax cuts scheduled to take place at the end of this year. the speaker saying i am not going to allow a debt ceiling increase without doing so

john boehner instead of democratic house speaker nancy also, there was one chart more than any other that pretty much summed up what happened on election day and why. this is the 10 groups that spent the most money on that election that year. 6 of the 10 groups spent big-time on the right. they were led by the correspondent funded u.s. chamber of commerce, far and away the biggest spender that year. almost all the groups spending on behalf of republicans in 2010 were corporate funded groups like that. business groups. the only major spenders on be half of democrats that year were union, that was it and only made up 30 of the top 10 spenders. one by one individual campaign donations by normal humans are nice things. when you're talking big money in politics, the stuff that adds up really fast and makes a determinative difference, you either have to be a politically motivated billionaire or organization. big money in politics comes from corporations that disproportionately support republicans and unions that

john boehner wasn't opposed to extending those taxes. how did it happen? i'm not criticizing john. john's in a situation where he has a group of people that old expression, this is the tail wagging the dog.

we're seeing that john boehner knows where his bread is buttered.t's with the conservative part of the republican party, and he needs to do exactly what they want on this issue because that's what the voters on his side of the aisle are demanding. he's putting a line in the sand saying look what happened last time. i want the same thing this time. i want enough cuts and i'm going to hold firm to that. >> eliot: when you say he has to, you mean politically because of the balance of power in the republican house is so tilted to the tea party that is looking forward to the train wreck--or most of us thought it was a train wreck because nothing of substance was gained by this cataclysm that took place. >> this view is very much part of the republican party mainstream. the republican party of six years ago, obviously voted for a lot of debt limit increases and it wasn't an issue for them. the fact that the national debt increased so much, it's more of a pressure in their eyes. i'm not saying that john boehner doesn't think that the republicans shouldn't

a couple of stories show mitch connell and john boehner have good reason to watch their backs. the speakers are angry about the approach boehner has taken on weather to vote to have eric holder for his handling of the fast and furious scandal specifically about whether he is turning in records fast enough to the investigators. then the "new york times" reminds us that connell could have the same problem boehner has, taming the tea party. in arizona, missouri and pointedly not vowing to back connell in the next leadership election. this is how richard murdoch put it to me on the issue of connell. >> they get a few more conservatives, we can change that and not necessarily the people, but at least give the senate leadership a more conservative point of view because they have more in the caucus. i never had the occasion to talk about him. >> if they don't want that in november, does he normally need the conference? up with the first real leadership fight with the top spot in years. the fight over gay marriage showed no sign of slowing down on sunday's talk shows and church pulpits

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and chris, your party. >> well. >> kelly: chris. >> look, i know-- i don't know what happened to john boehneran, you know, he's a student of reagan who raised the debt ceiling 13 times on his way to tripling the national debt. i think that boehner is a bit of a hostage to the extreme right of his party and the debt we've already incurred. it's not about new debt. this is a budget fight that he needs to have and listen, i'm all for slashing the military 20%. we'd have a military bigger than the next 10 millions in the world combined. sole-- let me jump in here, then. >> and let me jump in here because you're talking about battle lines and the fight that's going on, the debate. >> that's right. here are the battle lines as the american people see it. republicans want to extend the full state. or slate, rather, of the push tax rates and the president is threatening to veto any rates. and the spending cuts resulting from last year's debt deal and the president threatened to veto changes that do not include the revenues, is that how you see the debt debate and how does it square with republicans a

>> that is where you want to run the campaign if you are john boehner. this is an issue that is truly dynamite politically. if you think about it, the change, when bill clinton was president in 1996, 27% of americans were in favor of same- sex marriage. 60% opposed. the same poll, majority y now support. that is a sea change in a short time. 31 consecutive states have voted on this and voted it down. in iowa in 2009 the supreme court unanimously legalized same-sex marriage. the next year, very next year, the supreme court justices were ousted from office, the first time in 50 years. it is an explosive issue. >> how many people are going to go into the polling place and say, "obama is for gay marriage, i am against him"? >> not on that one iss, but it fits the narrative, the general perception of obama as dictating,g, particularly with angry whites who are swing votersn a lot of these states. >> i thinthat i is a little over-simplistic -- forgive me, evan. it is young people driving his opinion overwhehelmingly, but yoyoung people don't vote as much. a lo

how does a speech like that set the tone for debate. >> this is trademark john boehner. it's going to come up and it's going to set the tone for the rest of the congress. boehner lied out kind of his view for how taxes should be dealt with at the end of the year when the marginal income rates are set to expire. and the debt ceiling they'll have to deal with. he wants to offset the debt ceiling hikes with cuts of a greater amount. and he also wants to lay out an expedited process for tax reform. it's unclear how that's going to play itself out before the election. but this was a big preview of kind of how he sees republicans take ang aggressive stance into the election on two issues that a lot of folks care about. it gets a lot of attention inside and outside the belt way. >> jake sherman covers congress for politico. you can read his reporting at politico.com. thanks for the update. >> thanks. is when people are .saying to him, don't take the vice presidency, right now, you are a powerful majority leader. don't take the vice presidency. you won't have in i power. johnson

john boehner, the house speaker thomas s. it is time to shift the debate to the economy. >> i believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman did the president and democrats can talk about this all thewant the american people are focused on our economy and are asking the question, where are the jobs? >> think he has a point? >> that is where you want to run the campaign if you are john gingrich this is -- if you are john boehner. this is, to underline nina's point, dynamite politically. think about the change from when bill clinton was present it. a 7% of americans were in favor -- of same-sex favor 27% at -- americans were in favor of same- sex marriage. a sea change in a short time. but 31 consecutive the states have voted on it and voted it down. in iowa, 2009, the supreme court unanimously ilegalize same-sex marriage. the very next year, three supreme court justices were ousted. that is the first time that has happened in iowa in 50 years. it is an explosive issue. >> how many people will go to the polling pla

. >> john boehner tried to cut a deal with the president. i write about this in "showdown", that would have shared sacrifice in revenues and he couldn't do it because of the tea party wing of his party. so they cut a smaller deal they all agree to. they have cuts and the defense department and now they can't stand by those cuts and think say the president doesn't have a plan and they are threatening yet another default. it just shows you that john boehner can't do anything on his own and he can't govern. >> you know what i'm thinking, mr. israel? i'm thinking that if romney gets to be pred president, what he is offering up, i'll be another boehner. i'm not as crazy as the rest of these coo-coo clucks, 200 republican tea partiers, but i will do what they tell me to do. i'm not as loony tune as they are, but i will act like him. look at boehner, he's not loony tune. he is a regular person. he is not right winger but he will do what they want him to do. have hell to pay. bring the government a halt like newt gingrich. he may as well be one of t