Republican party to deny Affordable Health insurance to millions of hard working americans. I want the republicans in congress to know, these are the americans youd hurt if you were allowed to dismantle this law. As the first order of business the senate rejected a house proposal to create a Bipartisan Committee to hash out an end to the impasse. But Senate Budget Committee Chairman patty murray of washington called the house gop move, quote ironic, saying democrats tried 18 times to go to conference this year and were blocked by republicans. Meantime, the blame game raged on. We have a situation where we have a good day of an ar kists. Theyll say it was the mean old republicans or the tea party or fox news or maybe even george w. Bush. They shut down the government and now praying the American People will think somebody else is responsible. While the partisan bickering rages, paying the price for the shutdown after being called in for a half day of work to shut things down, more than
Politics. I believe democracy works. I believe good people can come to agreement and stop taking cheap, stupid shots at each other. Okay, didnt work once. It took us to civil war. But that was about a real disagreement. Slavery. It was regional, it was economic, it was historical. It was, after all we came to know, moral. This is a over a law the congress passed, that the Supreme Court of the United States declared constitutional. Its isnt a sign of weakness for boehner to say when he gets up in the morning were going back to the original system . Sorry crazies, were going to go back to the law and move on. Jonathan martin, youre chuckling, but its so sad. Its so sad because all he has to do is say regular order, ladies and gentlemen, were going to do what weve always done. Enforce a law we wrote and the president signed. And he would probably invite a challenge to his speakership if he was to do that. I think the more likely scenario, chris, at this point given were a few days into th
Barbara. A lot of federal workers were out here yesterday. We spoke with them at this metro stop yesterday. They were telling me they were very nervous. Today they say simply they are annoyed and without a paycheck. Its really happening . Ice really shocking. Reporter 800,000 federal worker, those considered nonessential, forced off the job without pay. No check, no checking email, no work, no answers for who knows how long. Morale is very low. Reporter its been 17 years since a shut down like this one. Many of the federal workers unsure of how the next few days will play out. Just going in and they ale give me my letter and send me home. Reporter spending just the morning at the office. We cant do anything. Basically weve got four hours to do the work it takes to have an orderly shutdown, and then we go home. Reporter as workers slowly trickled out of the Federal Center metro stop this morning, a few blocks away, park police were shutting down roads flanking the National Mall. I think
Celebrations around the globe as the world welcomed 2014. Americans from coast to coast welcoming the new year. What a new year. I want to have what hes having. Barbara bush is hospitalized in houston treated for a respiratory ailment. Coverage mandated by the Affordable Care act takes effect today. A Birth Control mandated is blocked in the health care law. Residents have returned home after the derailment and fire. Thursday into friday heavy snow in new england. What is it like today . Its cold. The Research Ship is stuck in ice. The weather still isnt good enough. All that. Hes an underwear model that became a news man. Shes handcuffed me. President barack obama and his daughters went on a run at a familiar spot. On cbs this morning. Its to eat less cheeseits. Theres a lot of thought in these resolutions. Welcome to cbs this morning on this new years day. Charlie is off enjoying the holidays. Anthony mason is here today. Good for us that anthony is here. Happy new year. Were you up
Refused to kill his Health Care Law. Is the republican default button. It makes them feel rotten just to stand in the same room with this president. My question, is this going to be like this all the way to 2016 . This anger, this right wing fever that never breaks . The sheer hatred that the American People, that the American People chose him as their president. Not once, but twice. Tonight the insatiable crazed anger of the right about the harsh reality they assumed would never be. The presidency of barack obama. David corn for mother jones and msnbc political analyst. And joy reid, an msnbc contributor. Having lost in their plot to block the Health Care Law by taking the federal government and the economy hostage, republicans have now decided to go home. They wont work with this president on anything because he had the nerve to beat them. Politico reports republicans plan to block president obama on all his initiatives including Immigration Reform. Quote, prominent immigration suppo