Boehner and eric canter. 144 republicans voted against it. 198 democrats provided the necessary votes for passage. Joining me now howard dean, sam stein, and we will soon i believe have luke russert. But we dont have him yet. Sam stein, this came at a at the end of a day that now seems inevitable. There was no one, absolutely no one saw a way for republicans to win in this fight when they started it. Yeah, i mean, whats remarkable is that after two weeks, two and a half weeks time we ended up right where we thought we would be. We wasted 24 billion in Economic Activity along the way and a lot of people had to suffer but we ended up where everyone assumed that we would end up. We will be lifting the debt limit for a little bit longer and will replay in the a little bit. But the House Republicans could have seen this one coming and should have seen this one coming. They didnt do anything about it. Howard dean, this comes after an overwhelmingly positive vote in the senate. 81 senators vo
Some senator from arizona, he was saying today. There is a fools errand. The shut down has been a fools errand. It was a fools errand. This is really a fight for the soul of the Republican Party. That doesnt mean we cant make progress. The president outlined three areas of focus. Passing a budget, immigration reform, farm bill. There as it lot of noise out there. The government is back open after a 16day shut down. At least for 90 days. What was the big takeaway. How business is done in this town has to change republicans picked an unnecessary legislative fight with president obama and they lost. Completely. Today president obama explained that the economy suffered a big loss too. There are no winners here. These last few weeks have inflicted completely unnecessary damage on our economy. We dont know yet the full scope of the damage, but every analyst out there believes its slowed our growth. And for what . There was no economic rationale for all of this. Over the past four years our e
Reform, only 100 people signed none the whole first month. But in massachusetts, eventually the glitches got ironed out, and enrollment numbers went up. And now in massachusetts, there is essentially universal coverage. That state is essentially the template for our national numbers. But the numbers out today, 100,000 people signed up in the first month. In addition, another one Million People were determined to be eligible for getting a new play in marketplaces for health insurance. But they have not chosen a plan yet. The overall idea is for everybody to get insurance over time. The republicans are rejoicing in the early low numbers, praying nobody else signs up to get health insurance, but well see how it goes. History tells us these things do tend to start slowly. Also in washington today, you just heard on all in with chris hayes, they also saw the introduction of a landmark new piece of federal legislation that would try to protect womens access to abortion, protecting it, not cu
First month of signups for the massachusetts version of health reform, only 100 people signed none the whole first month. But in massachusetts, eventually the glitches got ironed out, and enrollment numbers went up. And now in massachusetts, there is essentially universal coverage. That state is essentially the template for our national numbers. But the numbers out today, 100,000 people signed up in the first month. In addition, another one Million People were determined to be eligible for getting a new play in marketplaces for health insurance. But they have not chosen a plan yet. The overall idea is for everybody to get insurance over time. The republicans are rejoicing in the early low numbers, praying nobody else signs up to get health insurance, but well see how it goes. History tells us these things do tend to start slowly. Also in washington today, you just heard on all in with chris hayes, they also saw the introduction of a landmark new piece of federal legislation that would
None the whole first month. But in massachusetts, eventually the glitches got ironed out, and enrollment numbers went up. And now in massachusetts, there is essentially universal coverage. That state is essentially the template for our national numbers. But the numbers out today, 100,000 people signed up in the first month. In addition, another one Million People were determined to be eligible for getting a new play in marketplaces for health insurance. But they have not chosen a plan yet. The overall idea is for everybody to get insurance over time. The republicans are rejoicing in the early low numbers, praying nobody else signs up to get health insurance, but well see how it goes. History tells us these things do tend to start slowly. Also in washington today, you just heard on all in with chris hayes, they also saw the introduction of a landmark new piece of federal legislation that would try to protect womens access to abortion, protecting it, not curtailing it. At a time when rep