catastrophe. the world s economy would survive, at least for six more weeks. the united states senate might not like that. but it would open the door for folks to go into a room and have these large-scale bipartisan negotiations that the gop said they want so badly. however, while this all happens, the government is still shut down. so everybody who s been affected by this shutdown will continue to be affected most likely in a negative way. so that is something where the house gop now believes they can use as leverage with the president, and they don t want to blend all thesing to. that s where you re seeing heritage action come through. they feel if they can get the debt limit off their plate, they can then refocus this on the health care law, and that can be part of wide-ranging discussions that could take us up to thanksgiving. is the government shut down at thanksgiving? possibility. probably not. but as far as business as usual going up here in washington, d.c., we won t likely se
story anybody is talking about is the partial government shutdown and the fiscal cliff negotiation. that s exactly right. it you is ironic, isn t it. this story has so many twist and turns it is constantly a surprise. coming back to what you said at the top i think there are some people on the right, heritage action group, for example, who are saying they will not be satisfied unless something is done about obamacare in any future negotiation. so you re seeing continued pressure on obamacare coming from people who were the backbone of the initial idea that the government should be shut down unless the president had a one-year delay in terms of the insurance mandate, the individual mandate. those people haven t given up the ship yet. although it looks like many republicans on the hill are moving away from that agenda. jon: but you know be the whole thing about insurance, obviously, you pool the risk. the white house doesn t even know or won t even know, it says, how many people have s
president s health care law and ted cruz was making that point very clear once again last night. he was doing this town hall in conjunction with the heritage action group here in washington. they re going around the country to have these sorts of town halls with jim demint. i talked to an official who called this a game of legislative chicken. as this deadline gets closer they want to drive a hard bargain. nobody thinks the president will sign that into law. that s where the conflict will lie. a lot of people speculating he might be a 2016 presidential candidate. he s run sboog some obstacles with a lot of attention that he was born in canada to a american mother and cuban father and faced questions about his citizenship. he called it silly.
mcconnell was asked by a member of the crowd today at that meeting a conservative group about impeaching obama. here s his answer. i m pretty confident the house of representatives controlled by the opposition is going to have a thorough investigation at least two committees that i m aware of, the committee headed by darrell issa and the one by dave kemp are pursuing this in a methodical way. i don t think we ought to jump to any conclusions. we ought to let the facts take us where they take us. well, wait a minute here. what is he saying? it s again this clever conflation and intimation. the two the committees on oversight and reform and the other is ways and means. judiciary committee is the committee that hams an impeachment proceeding. if you were an average person listening toing that stuff, you might get the conclusion in your head, hey, they re working up a paper on impeachment. that s what you just heard him
it s meant to expand health care coverage to 20 million more americans. it s raising the standard so you can get it even though you make a bit more than you used to. some republican governors and legislatures continue to try to block the effort on medicaid. that s where groups like the national association of freedom and charitable clinics feel in. there s a one day free health clinic in new orleans. it s the group s executive director. you do great work. i ve just been hearing about it. here s the story. you open up a window. you let people know somewhere in town in new orleans there s going to be doctors and health care practitioners who can help people meet their primary care needs. tell me about what happens be p. swewe set up the world s lart