before they ll agree to raise the country s borrowing limit. that debt ceiling deds line is now just 13 days away. minnesota s three-week government shutdown is over. democratic governor park dayton signed a budget bill today. he and republican lawmakers finally agreed to use accounting gimmicks to close the state s $5 billion shortfall. republicans refused to raise taxes. the shutdown left 22,000 state workers without a paycheck. and memphis public schools may not open august 8th as scheduled because of a budget fight. the school board says no classes till the city pace $55 million. the board says the city owes that much in tax revenue for upcoming school year. the board claims the city has shortchanged schools for years. someone has to assume responsibility. for the collective education of the children in the city of memphis. and i don t think that city council can be exempt from that responsibility. i m all in support of us having assurances and money in the bank. bu
four times in the past year. unemployment still above 9%. what are we supposed to do? what happens in this doesn t pass? what happens if that lifeline to so many millions of americans depending on this unemployment check goes away? 4 million people will not have a check every week and that means that money doesn t go into the economy. we know economists say a quick money to get the money into the economy is food stamps. 40 million americans are accepting food stamps right now and jobless benefits. those people take that money and use it right away. we re under a new kind of reality in washington and that is this is an emergency situation that s chronic and we need to figure out how to pay for the benefits and what the long-term solution may be. rowland, the tide is turning to when it comes to how americans think about government spending. in 1983 and 1994 when we polled just one in three americans wanted the government to spend less on domestic programs. one in three. tod
another three months. christine romans joins me now. congress extended this deadline four times in the past year. unemployment still above 9%. what are we supposed to do? what happens in this doesn t pass? what happens if that lifeline to so many millions of americans depending on this unemployment check goes away? 4 million people will not have a check every week and that means that money doesn t go into the economy. we know economists say a quick money to get the money into the economy is food stamps. 40 million americans are accepting food stamps right now and jobless benefits. those people take that money and use it right away. we re under a new kind of reality in washington and that is this is an emergency situation that s chronic and we need to figure out how to pay for the benefits and what the long-term solution may be. rowland, the tide is turning to when it comes to how americans think about government spending. in 1983 and 1994 when we polled just one in three
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the two previous cancellations. now robert gibbs telling us a short time ago that the president may have to cut the schedule short, leave a little early, and get to south korea for the g-20 summit because of this volcanic ash that is spewing out of mt. merapi. you can see this i-report we have, a fascinating still photo that shows how much is coming out. and that can be dangerous, destructive to jet engines. so obviously for the safety of the president and everyone traveling with him as part of the delegation, they re probably going to cut short either a speech he s giving tomorrow at the university of indonesia or a visit to a local mosque. they say white house aides do, he s hoping to give this speech because he s planning on a major address here, but they may have to cut other stuff short. we talked about the economic ties when he was in india and the importance of establishing or bolstering that relationship. what is he hoping to accomplish on this trip to indonesia?