pacific time zone. today, we begin with a potential government shutdown. that s what is at stake if republicans and demjhu(uáh(p t work out a deal to fund the government by march 4th. today, the republican-controlled house is expected to pass a bill with deep spending cuts, which democrats in the senate have vowed to block. as nbc s steve handelsman reports, some lawmakers are vowing to dig their heels in, like blocking funding for planned parenthood. reporter: the house was hyperactive. amendment number 196. reporter: quick debate and vote after vote. and the amendment is adopted. referee: $21 million cut for the national endowment for the arts $400 million in cuts for heating subsidies. grants reduced to half a billion dollars. house speaker boehner says he wants to slash $100 billion. read my lips. we re going to cut spending. reporter: outside boehner s home, a small protest. blocking pregnancy programs, economists estimate 200,000 to 800,000 jobs would be
today, we begin with a potential government shutdown. that s what is at stake if republicans and democrats can t work out a deal to fund the government by march 4th. today, the republican-controlled house is expected to pass a bill with deep spending cuts, which democrats in the senate have vowed to block. as nbc s steve handelsman reports, some lawmakers are digging their heels in on some issues. reporter: the house was hyperactive. amendment number 196. reporter: quick debates and vote after vote. and the amendment is adopted. reporter: $21 million cut from the national endowment for the arts, teacher grants reduced to half billion dollars. house speaker boehner says he wants to slash $100 billion. read my lips. we re going to cut spending. reporter: outside boehner s home, a small protest. blocking pregnancy programs, economists estimate 200,000 to 800,000 jobs would be lost to boehner s cuts. listen, i don t want anyone to lose their job, whether they re a