location. the eighth largest city in america and elected a democrat mayor, senate democrat congress taking on republican incumbent-29 against obamacare. 50-20 in faff of tieing in faff of tieing obamacare to funding. if you look at what is going on in places like san diego and vermont and connecticut where it has been public that this exchanging, this obamacare implementation is not going to work the way they said it would. the administration is having to kwan seed. it is not going to work. they amended it 19 times since the passage of obamacare. they changed, amended or rolled back something. is this the right time right now to make a difference? to stop something bad from happening? of course it is. it is congress responsibility when they see a public policy disaster about to unleash on the american people to stop it. that s what house republicans are trying to do. doug, you have to deal with the issue that one of the key democrat architects of this said it would be a train wrec
senator reid called it pointless. there was a delay of 21 hours when ted cruz made the speech he made. he admits it can change things. but it changed the conversation and it has awakened the american people to what is really going on here. it gives you less time to deal with it in the house if this ping-pongs back to you. that s correct. there are several issues here. none of it is easy. being in the majority of the house we have the profound responsibility to govern. governing is difficult to do under normal circumstances, especially now with the polarized congress we have and really a polarized united states. the democrats are in a stronger position because they can sit back. they don t have to govern. they can play 100% politics. what do i mean by that? goodgoodgoverning is taking care of the people s business and funding government and moving forward. there are also ramifications. one of the problems is how do we deal with the very far right faction within our own
to the u.s. for a crucial meeting with president obama. the stakes are higher than ever for both countries after the new iranian president s diplomatic charm offensive. next how the response of both leaders could have far-reaching affects. and a type of facebook for the government? you may have a profile page and not even know it. this is america s news headquarters live from the nation s capital. the shutdown showdown is in full affect and congress is on pause. early this morning the house cast a new version of the continuing resolution that would delay obamacare for one year. and then it went home to wait for action by the senate. they called it pointless and for now has no plans to call the senate back before 2:00 p.m. on monday, meaning no action on sunday with funding expected to run out in a matter of hours. with a monday night dead loin
pointless as it passes the house and thoms back as it comes back to the senate and they say it will die another death. where do we go from here? i think it is unfortunate that at least so far harry reid has made the decision to compromise on nothing and fight on every front. he basically said he is willing to force a government shutdown in order to insist that obamacare be implemented against every american family. 24r are millions of americans who are hurting and losing their jobs and who are finding jobs and forced into part-time work and be forced into, woulding 29 hours a week because of obamacare. they are fogs sky rock qeting sky rocketing insurance preem premiums. what harry reid has said was he was not interested in hearing their pleas. he is not interested in responding to the harms. president obama has granted waivers for giant corporations and members of congress and here harry reid is saying he
congress. president obama said no, no, no. the the same rules don t apply. it is hard-working american families that will bear the burden of this. the constitution gives a check when you have a president that is overreaching. that check is the most powerful check congress has is the power of the purse. it is the ability to appropriate money and a read back in the federal list papers. james madison talks about that is the most potent authority congress has and the best way to rein in an overreaching executive. i saw lute salute house leadership and house authority to say we will not fund a law that is not working. you know, shannon, at this point, this is not a partisan divide. if you get outside of washington there is bipartisan agreement. there is a reason that the unions are jumping ship like crazy. not too long ago teamsters president james hoffa, wrote a