December 95 News Today

Back to washington and whats happening right now. house republicans say theyre working on a proposal to reopen the government and avoid a default, but the white house has already rejected its key points. but this new house effort means senate talks on a potential compromise was simply in a holding pattern. lets look at the big picture. this shutdown here is now the third longest in american history. first one lasted 21 days from december 95 into january of 96. the second longest government shutd...

>> i cant imagine it will last very long. i think it could last a few hours or a few days. the last time it happened, back in early 1996, december 95, january 96, it lasted for about 20 days in the previous november, lasted for five days. it could last a few days. but eventually cooler heads will prevail. theyll come up with some sort of way to get the government funded because the consequences are enormous. as bad as the consequences, piers, are right now and theyre going to be pretty bad espec...