so they have averted a government shutdown. the house voted this after into on the megamuss, as they call it around here the massive spending bill to fund the government through the end of september. so, this has been negotiated for months now. and congressional leaders came to an agreement late yesterday evening finalizing this massive spending bill, the house voted on it today so a government shutdown has been averted. the senate is expected, they could still vote on it ostensibly, vote on it today, most likely, the senate will be in working tomorrow and vote on it tomorrow. the big overwhat really kind of started this whole standoff and brinksmanship up here, the latest round of brinksmanship is where do things stand on ex-standing the payroll tax cut? short answer, brooke, still negotiating, still talking, with he don t have the details of when we could be hearing an answer if they are going to be able to beat the deadline of the end of the year or not, but we know both t
for the wall street journal and david gergen. what was behind the selloff, er? i was talking to a few investors today what ben bernanke said yesterday, anderson what is the market expected him to same we know things are weak we know europe is a very severe issue but him saying it, even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried, people are kind of looking for nothing hold on to, maybe for a little bit of hope, why you see this people are saying this is a rather dramatic selloff and might see stablization that isn t the same thing as saying we aren t in a real economic problem. we know that we are. and steven, seems like the markets were also underwhelmeded by the fed s latest moves to kick start the economisome there anything at this point that policymakers can do to raise expectations? certainly not the fed. anderson, certainly not the fed. the fed has been deluging the economy with money for the last three years and the idea of more purchases
saying it, even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried, people are kind of looking for nothing hold on to, maybe for a little bit of hope, why you see this people are saying this is a rather dramatic selloff and might see stabilization that isn t the same thing as saying we aren t in a real economic problem. we know that we are. and steven, seems like the markets were also underwhelmed by the by the fed s latest moves to kick start the economy. is there anything at this point that policymakers can do to raise expectations? certainly not the fed. anderson, certainly not the fed. the fed has been deluging the economy with money for the last three years and the idea of more purchases of government bonds by the fed, which is what ben bernanke announced yesterday, i m not sure sure they had a very camel effect. i think erin is right. i think the president s message this week wasn t very helpful. as you know, anderson, on monday, the president announc
it is all about telling the insurance companies to, hey, keep that campaign money coming in, will ya? republicans aren t thinking about real people, trying to protect real people. people like wanda mosier. here is one for you, folks, one of the millions of americans across this country who would be hurt if the senate would go down the road repealing the health care bill. she lives in virginia, in the district, interestingly enough, of majority leader eric cantor. wanda, thanks for joining us tonight. if the senate were to move forward and repeal this health care bill what would it do to your family? ed, um, it would totally impact my family.
keep that campaign money coming in, will ya? republicans respe republica republicans aren t thinking about real people, trying to protect real people. people like wanda mosier. here is one for you, folks, one of the millions of americans across this country who would be hurt if the senate would go down the road repealing the health care bill. she lives in virginia, in the district, interestingly enough, of majority leader eric cantor. wanda, thanks for joining us tonight. if the senate were to move forward and repeal this health care bill what would it do to your family? ed, um, it would totally impact my family. i have three adult sons and up in of them are in jobs that offer health insurance. and that s really scary. but the good news was that my youngest son, who is 24, we just