Mitch mcconnell is negotiateing a plan to extend the debt ceiling and end the shutdown in exchange for a list of concessions yet to be determined. As for the thing that got the gop into this approval cratering mess to begin with, so far no repeal of obama care, no defunding of it either. President obama is meeting right now with Senate Republicans including, as we said, Mitch Mcconnell. The biggest slice of obama care that appears to be on the table is a repeal of 2. 3 tax on medical devices. Whether the gop will be able to extract more as payment for all their woes remains to be seen. As politico reports discussions have been described as free flowing. Joining me today Senior National correspondent with Bloomberg Business week josh green, editor and publisher of the nation and contributor of the Washington Post and Political Editor and White House Correspondent at the Huffington Post sam stein. Joining us from capitol hill democratic senator from pennsylvania bob casey who serves on t
0 53% of americans are blaming republicans for government shutdown, 22% more than those who blame president obama. it marks an even wider margin of blame than during the gingrich-led shutdown in 1995. it gets worse. 70% of americans believe republicans in congress are putting their own political agenda ahead of what s good for the country. so what s next? maybe, maybe crying uncle. in a meeting yesterday with president obama, house republican leaders proposed raising the country s debt ceiling for six weeks in exchange for a bipartisan conference to negotiate a longer-term budget deal. left out of yesterday s house proposal an end to the government shutdown, now in its 11th day. keeping the government closed for business did not seem like such a great idea to the white house or apparently to senate republicans. right now nat minority leader mitch mcconnell is negotiateing a plan to extend the debt ceiling and end the shutdown in exchange for a list of concessions yet to be determined.