15th, military families may not get paid on time unless john boehner gets his way and passes this resolution that keeps the government up and running for another week and funds the military through the fall. we have been talking online today about who gets the blame if the government shuts down and while there were plenty of people rushing to put all the blame on slash happy republicans or the tax and spend democrats, jason oldham thinks both sides will get the blame. dale hitchcock posts, i blame the whole crew, obama, congress, senate and yes the tea party, the whole mess is despicable. and richard schroeder warns, careful, contessa, some wing nut will ablablame the mainstream m. here is a look at what is happening today, congressman chris van holland and his democratic colleagues hold a news conference on the budget negotiations. that s happening at the top of the hour. there is a memorial service in west virginia this evening to remember the 29 lives lost in the explosion at
democrats and republicans. ahead of today s meeting, house speaker john boehner urged republicans to okay a one-week stopgap measure, reportedly telling members he needed leverage going into today s meeting with the president. boehner s plan includes $12 billion more in spending cuts, still short of the $61 billion the tea party wants. let s pin the tail on that donkey and get the message out it is time to do what s right. democrats insist the gop plan will hurt children, college students and seniors the most. as long as we re focusing on nickel and diming poor people, we re not having the debate that is worthy of our country. and house speaker john boehner s office put out some details saying that the house is not going to be forced into choosing between two options that are bad for the country, either a government shutdown or accepting legislation that doesn t make real spending cuts. he says they re working on a resolution here that would instead fund the troops an
Well, dale hitchcock posts it a dilemma, in no small part because when we arm forces that we supposedly support, it seems that often the weapons end up in the wrong hands are used against us. larry says, you never know, we need to do what we think is right for democracy and freedom, then it is up to the libyans to prove they really want democracy. and peter writes, i hope we learned some lessons from arming afghan guerrillas against the russian invasion into afghanistan. now those guns are turning against us. i always like when you reach out to me. find me on facebook. i m contessamsnbc. the army says the sldie who were improperly buried in unmarked graves at arlington national cemetery may never be identified. last summer time first reported on mix-ups and mismanagement at the national shrine. america s war dead areurd er b tusdsf av e thunrk or smke because of lax management and
president obama laid out his energy plan. he says events in libya, japan and elsewhere means it is time for the united states to cut way back on foreign imports. in an economy that relies so heavily on oil, rising prices at the pump affect everybody. and we re in libya right now, also, at the white house today. mike viqueira, and jim maceda in tripoli, libya. and, mike, i ll begin with you here. the president s approval rating is dropping because of what? is it because of the issue in libya? well, that and the reason why he s at georgetown today, the high energy prices already exceeding $4 a gallon in some parts of the country. look, a lot of this is a hangover from what we saw last fall. a lot of it is because of the fact that the white house, you have to say is being is playing catch-up on a lot of the explanation for why they started in libya, started the military action in libya to begin with. obviously the president said again today at jrnlg togeorgeto he s been