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This is this is about 400,000 jobs, teachers, cops and firefighters, providing some of the most essential services that our government is supposed to provide to the citizens of our nation, the very reason to have government is to educate our children, keep our streets safe and respond the next emergency that a citizen could experience, and these jobs, these 400,000 jobs, will be paid for mortgages, buying automobiles. they will be consuming. they will be helping to fuel this economy while helpin...

Does anybody know? >> well, they all do. they all do and then beat their chests and say this was horrible. this was awful, and big spending in washington and -- the truth ever the matter is, ron, theres not a state capitol governed by either a democratic or republican governor that would be standing right now were it not for president obamas courage in passing the recovery and reinvestment act. that is what has allowed us to provide essential services and public health and public safety and publ...

Battles. >> and here we go again. >> the president and house republicans compromise to stop a government shut down, but that was just the beginning. >> the shutdown battle was childs play. >> no one got everything he wanted and everyone walked away unhappy. >> and it really is a precursor to the debt ceiling fight. >> and the 2012 budget. >> either the government is allowed to borrow more money or there is a global economic armageddon. >> the united states could default -- >> default on our debt...

There is a global economic armageddon. >> the united states could default -- >> default on our debt, which would be absolutely catastrophic. >> it could be a catastrophic failure. >> this is as serious as a heart attack. >> only 32% of the country support raising the debt ceiling. >> and thats after we told them the argument for it. >> then theres the republican budget plan for next year, it abolishes medicare, cuts essential services, and cuts taxes for the rich. the very same rich they already...

Pass would lead to a government shutdown. catch 22. so theyll get paid, but 800,000 federal workers wont. the troops wont. many people wont get their tax refund checks. small business loans wont go out. national park also close and a whole lot more. today, president obama talked about sergeant christopher hartune who would be losing a paycheck. his wife is a federal worker, so they would go from two paychecks to none. >> if we need the government shut down for a few days for us to really get ser...

This. first let me tell you how we got here. usually lawmakers pass 12 bills for the presidents approval. these fund federal agencies and let them pay their bills but the last congress failed to pass a single one passing the burden on to the new congress. not one of them was ever approved to the senate or got to the presidents desk last year. lawmakers have been relying on continuing resolutions like the one being proposed right now. if youre wondering what a government shutdown would mean for y...

The government to impose mandate that is can result in higher utility costs for our bee leaguered citizens and secondly, you dont want to put the businesses in a position of where they cannot be competitive. i think youve read the toledo blade and have seen that weve lost 15 factories to indiana, maryland, tennessee, because we just were not competitive. >> i will set priorities as i have, education will remain a priority, the basic essential services that our people must have will remain priori...

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Provide an additional $500 million in direct economic assistance to the ukrainian government. this brings our total economic support for ukraine to $1 billion in the past two months. this is money the government can help use to stabilize their economy, to support communities that have been devastated by the russian onslaught, and pay the brave workers that continue to provide essential services to the people of ukraine. you know, these past weeks have seen a terrible human cost of putins ambitio...