mr. boehnor and the president have reached an agreement tentatively on two different occasions and mr. hnor has walked away. frankly, the republicans have walked intentionally more than barry bonds, and the fact of the matter is that we need to come to an agreement, the senate, senator reid, has offered exactly what they asked for. mr. cantor just said we have no taxes in our bill, he was very pumped up about that to tell his constituents to tell that the richest people in america were not going to have to pay anything towards solving this problem, but frankly the senate is prepared to offer that, because they feel very strongly the responsible step to take is to make sure america's able to pay its bills on august 3rd. >> congressman hoyer, in addition to the republican's recalcitrants on tax revenues, which the reid plan now meets and simply eliminates any form of tax revenue increase, including the closing of egregious loop holes, it seems now the republicans are intent to get democrats to cast a vote for medicare cuts and get the president to sign a bill that involves medicare cuts,

mr. boehnor saying they had a deal for $800 billion in revenue increases, and the the last minute the president tried to change that to take it to $1.2. the tick tock, the paperwork will tell us who's telling the truth about that. >> that's right, lawrence, a lot of people are anxiously awaiting the paperwork. senior white house officials just briefed us on more reasons why these talks may have broken down. to your point, both sides agreed toer $800 billion in new tax revenue. let the bush tax g cuts expire, then the issue of extra $400 billion. speaker boehnor said that was a new figure, senior white house officials saying look, this was always in discussion from the first time the president and speaker boehnor were talking about doing something big. triggers to make sure the tax cuts actually did take effect, because remember, they were not going to take effect until 2013, which would require congress to come back to the table. they wanted triggers to make sure they both came back to the table. one of the triggers republicans wanted, according to senior white house officials, was to get rid o

mr. boehnor was forced to delay a vote on that plan that was supposed to be held today, not only so he couldrework it, also it was not clear he had enough votes on his own side to pass it. the speaker reportedly told members of the caucus today -- get your blank in line. i can't do this job unless you're behind me. at this stage in the game, that's the plan the republicans are going with? fall in line behind john boehner's plan to raise the debt ceiling for all of six months and then we can all have this fight all over again? now, the house is planning to vote on that bill tomorrow, but even if they pass it, it's not really expected to go anywhere. the white house has already warned president obama would veto it if it reaches his desk, and yesterday, four republicans in the senate announced they are not for the boehnor plan either. again, i want to repeat, if you happen to actually be the free hand of the market and you're tuning in tonight to find out whether a deal's about to happen in washington, please, turn away and think about babbling brooks and warm puppies for a minute. because with