Shutdown. Your we are interested on thoughts on how to shut them has played out so far and what youre hearing about the debt limit talks that are going. Here is how you can reject and give us your comments. If you want to reached out reject was by phone reach out to us by phone. Media, our twitter page, the way you reach us there is cspanwj. As always you can send this e mail act journal cspan. Org. The boston globe has an interesting take on the current status of the shutdown. The larger headline is when you go to the center it yields with menas susan collins. Deals with menas susan collins. To give us the latest on the debt limit talks, joining us on the phone is susan davis. She is the chief congressional reporter for usa today. Susan davis, thank you for joining us this morning. Why dont you bring us upto date on the latest as far as on the house side we have had this proposal from john boehner looking at some concessions, some offerings as far as the debt limit and the shutdown wh
Working for that pay. The publicans have refused to put on the floor legislation that will open the peoples government. Membershad over 150 sign a petition to open the government. And bring legislation to the floor. Askingscores of members for unanimous consent of the body to do just that. So that the government could be open today. A point of order was just made. Any member of the house would hre been in order to ask for floor. E put on the we will discuss that at greater length. The American People want the government opened. They want us to talk. They want us to reach an agreement. They see no need. We see no need of having literally millions of people shut out of their workplace while the republican majority shuts down the government and tries to hold a gun at our head to agree on things that, in a democratic process, should be dealt with not at the point of a gun, but at the table of conference, to which they have refused to go over the last five months. That me yield to my collea
J will be looks at the number of people signed up on the Health Care Exchanges since they opened on october 1. The differences between the state and federally run exchanges. Amtrak president and ceo as of portman talks about ridership. Washington journal, live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. The Lou Henry Hoover house here on the campus of stanford university. It is significant because this was the primary residence of the hoovers and it is significant as it relates to hoover because she was the one who designed it. She had such a strong grasp of design and how she wanted the house to look even though she was not an architect. Were lucky to have a lot of the original drawings and documents corresponding to the design and construction. Lou henrys influence came from her travels in the southwest of the United States. Also from her travels in north africa, when she traveled with herbert hoover. It is a great legacy of lou henrys because she designed the house, she created it. It was inspi
Lonegan. Lawn again we are now in the ninth day of the Government Shutdown with no agreement in sight. I would like you to give a great to the members of congress he would like to be joining. Far, them on their work so and then without going negative, i want you to try to stay positive and not talk about what the opposing party has done wrong, but give us a concrete example of what you would do to try to break this impasse. Thank Rowan University, the audience, john and david, as well as my opponent, mayor booker, for being here today. I think the impasse in washington, d. C. Is unfortunate. However, i think it is essential that we postpone the implementation of the Obama Health Care plan for one year. What grade would you give . My grade for the two sides would be a big f for the president who refuses to compromise with the republicans, and they have offered many compromises. A grade for the members of congress . Migrates for the members of congress would be actually a b. I think they
Thoughtse ask for your on the debt ceiling. We ask how confident you are that we can reach an agreement before the deadline. If you are outside the u. S. , it is 2025853883. You can also join us on all of your favorite social media pages , on twitter and facebook or e mail us at journal at c span. Org. A very good columbus day morning to you. I want to take you to the latest headlines from around the country on this that mimic impasse on this debt limit impasse. Heres the front page of the journalconstitution. The lobe over to the front page of the financial times. We will reach you from the front page story of the Washington Times today. For more on the talks that are going on behind the scenes, i want to bring on billy house, National Journal Congressional Correspondent was been helping us cover the twists and turns of what is going on. Billy house, good morning to you. Thanks for coming back and joining us. Heres a story from the National Journal this morning. That sense of optimism