see how that works? morning joe, chuck schumer was unimpressed. they are compromise because they are not eliminating it but delaying. we re compromising, instead of chopping off one arm, we ll chop off both arms. aren t we great. all eyes on speaker boehner. in two hours they will reconvene, once again strip out obama care language and send boehner another clean spending bill. the man with the greatest power to avoid a government shutdown by putting a clean cr on the floor and letting it pass also has the most to lose by doing so. this morning the beleaguered speaker took to the floor to urge the senate to pass the house bill. the american people are worried about their job. they are worried about their incomes rising because they are all under pressure. worried about losing your job, feeling under pressure. sound like anybody you know? joining me today, politics editor at business insider josh barrow, executive editor at msnbc.com richard wolffe, and also joining
one faction of one party in one house of congress in one branch of government doesn t get to shut down the entire government just to re-fight results of an election. keeping the people s government open is not a concession to me. keeping vital services running and hundreds of thousands of americans on the job is not something you give to the other side. it s our basic responsibility. you don t get to extract a ransom for doing your job. for doing what you re supposed to be doing anyway. or just because there s a law there that you don t like. affordable care act is moving forward. that funding is already in place. you can t shut it down. republicans can t shut it down. it s the law of the land. so let s be clear about what s happening. every year congress has to pass a budget to fund the government, to keep it running. but republicans don t care about that. they re more focused on scoring political points and raising cash. republican senator mike lee is now actually fund
with democrats and republicans still pitted against each other. and the firestorm, well, it is hotter than ever. nbc s tracie potts has the latest overnight. reporter: starting this morning national parks are closed. political trials on hold. social security payments possibly delayed. food inspections scaled back. and many head start preschools shut down. lawmakers left capitol hill early this morning thoroughly frustrated. this is ridiculous. we are back to square one. john boehner named eight people to negotiate a plan to re-open the government. i would hope that the senate would accept our offer to discuss this so we can resolve this with the american people. reporter: president obama had a midnight message for u.s. troops. they ll get paid, but civilians face furloughs. you and your families deserve better than the dysfunction we re seeing in congress. reporter: democrats and republicans are at odds whether to put the brakes on the affordable care act. sig
without pay. furloughed until congress can get its act together to fund the government. ironically, it s also the 123rd anniversary of yellowstone becoming a national park. just one of the many places forced to close until further notice. at 1:16 a.m., after the shutdown had taken effect, speaker john boehner held a press conference offering to take the resolution to conference. that s an offer rejected by senate majority leader harry reid but what did not shutdown, the sign of obama care. sign up for the affordable care act. health exchanges still kick off today. boy, the headlines reflect it all. here s the new york times talking about mirroring the shutdown. the wall street journal talks about washington s grim standoff. the usa today talks about the shutdown showdown. the boston globe not my favorite but close. big font. huge font. it s about as big as rock dyes. you can read that. the washington post has down to the wire. the financial times and they ar
happening since last night, the answer comes in two words. ted cruz. cruz set this up beautifully. first he prevented the house and senate budget committees from meeting on what the government should be spending. this stopped the appropriations process in its track. not a single appropriations bill has been signed. the result? of preventing a single bill, the continuing resolution, from getting enacted. this is the brilliance of ted cruz. no spending bills have been passed, shutting down the u.s. government could be complete. it wouldn t be some departments or agencies being shut down, but the whole shebang. brilliant. the freshman senator from texas has brought the american political process to total dysfunction. the american government to a shutdown. his plan now quite bluntly is to turn the united states into a dead beat nation. by the end of this month should he still be in control, the chinese billionaire who went into tea bonds will be in the same boat. there won t be a