in exchange, the democrats gave up exactly nothing. nothing. in exchange for that date change. the vote today for the new bill with the february 8th deadline on government funding passed 81-18. so tonight we reset our government shutdown clocks to february 8th. joining us now is ezra kline and adam jenleson. adam, i want to go first to you on that maneuver we saw on the senate floor last night. i was so struck by it. i just thought when claire mccaskill was going to do one of those things when the chamber is emptying out and then suddenly she seizes control from the republican leader.
nothing. in exchange for that date change. the vote today for the new bill with the february 8th deadline on government funding passed 81-18. so tonight we reset our government shutdown clocks to february 8th. joining us now is ezra kline and adam jenleson. adam, i want to go first to you on that maneuver we saw on the senate floor last night. i was so struck by it. i just thought when claire mccaskill was going to do one of those things when the chamber is emptying out and then suddenly she seizes control from the republican leader. this is the moment that shows you the democrats knew exactly
at-home government shutdown clocks on their desks, they may wake up tomorrow morning and wonder what is going on a number of levels because the aca has rolled out at the same time this happened as the government shutdown happened. obama care, the exchanges are open. the republicans have done nothing to stop that. i think that double underscores the futility of all of this. there s definitely an aura of futility to a lot of the republicans maneuvers right now. the implementation of obama care on october 1st is really the reason for all of this 11th hour scrambling by republicans. within the con srvetive ranks there s a fear that come october 1st, once obama care starts it will be a federal entitlement, a bureaucratic program that people like and conserve tys fear that. it is popular as social security down the line and they want to stop it before it starts and becomes popular. that is causing problems for boehner because he is dealing
whole lot other fights. government shutdown clocks will be ticking down, according to chris, they are into a close fight. joining us for predictions. that is serious word? it s going to be hellacious. we have budget shutdowns could coming. when we talk about washington dysfunctionality, rationale americans that organize around logical things, we can put a man on the moon, how come we can t figure out border security. the truth is when you have divided government, i ve said this before and it s through, we have the most liberal president since lyndon johnson and conservative house since the 19 20s. you won t be able to move a
know, because they are still running the joint, if speaker boehner is going to sort of being their mouth-piece feeling with president obama, are we going to be more ey ideologically divided. i say to the boys in the graphics temperature get the government shutdown clocks, make sure they re limber, i think we re going to need them. megyn: thanks, chris, good to see you. back to chris and washington when we ll see. the bottom line, if you get 17 no votes and he doesn t win speaker, and then they just vote again and who else is it going to be? so, anyway, we ll take you there when history is made and if you care to watch every single person call out the name, there s always c-span. in the meantime, there s new controversy following former vice-president al gore s decision to sell his cable news corporation, current tv, ever heard of it? no, most people haven t.