Trend in what could be its biggest free market experiment in years. Announcer youre watching Worldwide Exchange bringing you Business News from around the globe. Well, the u. S. Government is on the brink of its first shutdown in 17 years if congress does not pass a stopgap spending bill by midnight. Early sunday the house approved a measure linking funding to a one year delay of president obamas Health Care Law. It would also repeal the medical device tax which helps pay for the law. The senate convenes at 2 00 p. M. Eastern and will likely vote to strip those provisions sending the bill back to the house. It is then up to House Speaker john boehner who could have members vote on a clean bill or one with new provisions. On sunday republicans and democrats continued to trade blame. Here, unlock those doors, i say to harry reid, and come out and do your job. The senate must act. They must, must act. We do not want to shut this government down. Its wrong, and we want to work and negotiat
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