this law. i believe we can have a system in this country where everybody has access to affordable health care, including people with preexisting conditions without a costly government takeover with more pree dfreedom. but we didn t yell at each other because we knew we would disagree on this issue. i think people will see the results of this law, meaning more security for themselves in terms of their own health care coverage. on our side of the aisle, we like the fact, for the economy, no shutdowns, we also don t want to have shutdown drama so we can focus on replacing obamacare, so we can focus on showing better ideas than this coming in. we don t think people like this law, we don t think it will get any more popular. we don t agree on that, so each of us gets something out of this agreement that we think is good. most importantly, the country is not going to see she s shthese s and the government will get back to prioritizing spending.
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this is an area where we ll disagree, but i think as it s implemented and people do like a woman told me last weekend, that for the first time her 29-year-old son with a disability has insurance. she said for the first time in a long time, i sleep tonight. i think we have to replace this law. i believe we can have a system in this country where everybody has access to affordable health care, including people with preexisting conditions without a costly government takeover with more freedom. but we didn t yell at each other because we knew we would disagree on this issue. i think people will see the results of this law, meaning more security for themselves in terms of their own health care coverage. on our side of the aisle, we like the fact, for the economy, no shutdowns, we also don t want to have shutdown drama so we can focus on replacing obamacare, so
political system that depends on some level of bipartisan cooperation when there is divided government. and as washington emerges from the shutdown drama this past month, as we all ask what now, well, it looks like we ll be stuck in this mess for a while. hard for democrats to look back at the last three plus years and not conclude the only way that it will accomplish anything substantial is if they control the white house, a 60 vote super majority in the senate and the house, all at once, like they did for part of obama s first two years in office. the earliest they can take back the house is in the 2014 midterms. the odds of them pulling that off, even though the gop is racking up terrible poll numbers now, the odds of that are not very good. divided government is likely to be the rule for the rest of the obama presidency and maybe well after it. we dodged a default earlier this month and the government is open for business again. is there any reason to think the gridlock defined the
battle is moving to a new front now. lawmakers from both parties and both chambers are trying to find common ground on a long-term plan. leaders from both the house and the senate budget committees getting together over bagels and coffee yesterday. we presume there was federal tax money available to pay more those bagels. republicans are pushing for entitlement reform, democrats are asking for tax increases on the wealthy, but there does not appear to be much optimism surfacing so far about a real compromise. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell telling the washington post, quote: if you re trying to look ahead to january and february, the issues will be the same, and the views will be the same, and it will be difficult to get an outcome. all of this as our national debt ticks ever higher, nearly $17 trillion right at this moment. let s talk about it with bob cusack, the managing editor of the hill. after all of this shutdown drama and the brinksmanship over the debt ceiling, is an
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