possible. jenna: doug mckelway is live on capitol hill. doug, we mentioned the senate is not back in session for a few hours but the house is already back. has anything changed this morning to signal any sort of a break in this debate? reporter: wish i could say there was, jenna, but no, there doesn t appear to be that. very quiet up here in anticipation of the senate gaveling in at 2:00 p.m. we expect the standard opening prayer and expect remarks from senate majority leader harry reid. we expect him to say that he plans, this is conjecture, but it is likely, that he plans to table the two components of the house continuing resolution that democrats find abhorrent. that of course being the delay in implementation of obamacare for a year and also, the repeal of the tax on medical devices. if that happens, in all likelihood signals a government shutdown. senator richard durbin signaled as much on the sunday talk shows yesterday. here he is. i m afraid, bob, that we know what is goin
take it back to the house. who do you blame for a shutdown that revolves around a disagreement over funding for the affordable care act? obamacare? republicans are gambling that they can focus the public s attention, because they don t like the law generally and get them to blame democrats for refusing to budge, get them to blame the president and looking at how people would feel about a shutdown over obamacare, feel confident she would win the fight. jon: so republicans are offering to get a budget passed if the senate will a degree to delay obamacare implementation for one year. you say the senate will not go along with that. harry reid made it very clear and it s very important for democrats, based on what they ve said very firmly to not allow republicans to score a win, anything that would dent the affordable care act through negotiations over the budget, the continuing resolution. i actually think if reid wanted
will help folks enroll in the exchanges set up under the health care law where millions of uninsured americans will be able to buy health plans. alan colmes is host of the alan colmes show a syndicated radio program. author of, thank the liberals for thank the liberals for saving america. jim pinkerton, contributing editor and writer for the american conservative magazine both are fox news contributors. alan, we know the president has been barnstorming around the country trying to get americans to sign up for his signature law. now nbc news will be doing essentially the same thing, trying to promote obamacare. is that crossing the line? well, no. one thing, as though they are promoting gravity. it exists. it is real. it s here. it is not like nbc weekly standard by the way a conservative publication, which is anti-obamacare acting as if nbc is acting as advocacy journalism place to go and promote they re not promoting
political operative, that it would give republicans a huge advantage in the 2014 election where they might be able to pick up the senate seat to really start to make a difference on these votes to repeal obamacare. otherwise, shutting down the government, even if it is shut down, is not likely to end up with the repeal of obamacare. the president is not going to go along with ending his signature accomplishment and that s where the problem, i think, is to take it to the election not to shut down the government. i think where a lot of americans, even those who oppose obamacare, it s one of the reasons they oppose a shutdown. but if there is a shutdown, could voteders say to heck with both your houses or is it reps? i think both houses, the democrats and the republicans, but i think the republicans are going to take more of the blame.
busters chronicled, anybody can go on the website, see for themselves is definition of crusading liberal. touting national health insurance. the question is nbc is doing explanatory pieces to inform people, whatever her personal politics are, have nothing to do with it. but they re not showing both sides of the argument. news, alan is showing both sides of argument. not to use obamacare? what is the other side? argument is better way to do it. maybe there is a better plan. this is not about debating policy, that would be the whole point. here s the policy. it exists. here is what you do as citizens. jon: but if they say we ll help you enroll, encourage you to enroll good pour people. they need to enroll if they want , people that need to enroll are 10 to 15% of the population who don t have coverage already and inform people how to go about doing that. is a good idea. my question, alan, is, if obamacare does not prove to be