good morning. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. well, the federal government is open for business this morning. a deal to end the 16-day shutdown and avoid a national default was passed by congress and signed late last night by the president. furloughed federal workers have been ordered to report for work. the measure easily passed the democratically controlled senate. 81-18. in the republican controlled house the vote was 285-144. 87 republicans voted yes. after the senate approved the measure, president obama alluded to the work that lies ahead. i m willing to work with anybody, democrat or republican, house or senate members, on any idea that will grow our economy, create new jobs, strengthen our class and get our fiscal house together in the long term. susan mcginnis is in the house. good morning. anne-marie, good morning. the votes came in late but they came in and crisis averted. it does appear lawmakers are eager to get back to work to make sure this natio
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throughout this process is we have to get out of the habit of governing by crisis. and my hope and expectation is everybody has learned that there s no reason why we can t work on the issues at hand, why we can t disagree between the parties while still being agreeable and make sure that we re not inflicting harm on the american people when we do have disagreements. so hopefully that s a lesson that will be internalized and not just by me but also by democrats and republicans not only the leaders but also the rank-and-file. thanks very much, everybody. mr. president isn t this going to happen all over again in a few months? you re watching president obama as he is leaving the white house press briefing room. he just addressed members of the press in the wake of a deal from the u.s. senate to agree to raise the debt ceiling and also agree to re-open the federal government. this of course will be on its way over to the house momentarily where members of the republican-contr
breaking news out of washington. at the 11th hour, the government ending the crisis on capitol hill and our team is out in force to cover them. we begin with jonathan karl right now. reporter: we have a deal, but once again, they had to the brink before coming to an agreement. the senate overwhelmingly approved the bill. the house will vote at midnight. the worst of the crisis is over, but just barely. beaten and battered by a showdown that has cost his party, and the country dearly, speaker of the house john boehner seemed relieved it s almost over. mr. speaker, did you fight the good fight? reporter: the final agreement came out of the senate. leaders finally coming together. this is not a time for pointing fingers and blame. this is a time of reconciliation. this has been a long, challenging few weeks for congress and for the country. reporter: but just as senate republican leader mitch mcconnell was announcing the agreement fellow republican ted cruz, who mo
process is that we have to get out of the habit of governing by crisis. and my hope and expectation is that everybody has learned that there s no reason why we can t work on the issue at hand, why we can t disagree between the parties while still being agreeable and make sure that we re not inflicting harm on the american people when we do have disagreements. so, hopefully that is the lesson that will be internalized and not just by me but also by democrats and republicans, not only of the leaders, but also the rank and file. thanks very much, everybody. president obama speaking live at the white house praising lawmakers tonight for passing a bill to end the government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling. something he will sign immediately as the bail reaches his desk. dubious chapter in american politics now coming to an end. you heard the president speaking now and now go to the house of representatives and he said he will open the government immediately when this bil