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>> bill, obviously some democrats think ted cruz is a gift to the democratic party but hes digging in his heels on the issue of the health care law and not ruling out a second government shutdown. >> right. its crazy. ted cruz represents kind of repulsive brand of politics because hes willing to do anything, even harm the country. that shutdown cost $24 billion. these politics have cost some 900,000 jobs according to a report out for the center for american progress and its not advancing the arg...

Sophisticated. brian, thank you very much. the tea party may have lost the government shutdown battle and the latest fight to de fund obamacare, but with new budgets and debt deadlines weeks away, another political showdown is pretty much certain. lets talk about it with two members from across the aisle, one who voted for the fiscal year and one who voted no. republican congressman john fleming is here and congressman david sisslini. >> i will start with you. you voted yes. a lot of folks say...

The more than 944,000 texas women, infants and children who participate in the wic program in july alone? how about the fact that railroad over 4 million texans in the food stamp program each month or the fact of 5.7 million texans without health insurance its the worst in the country. but who needs health care, right? speaking of health care, cruz made quite a claim this morning to the texas medical association. >> my top priority in office is focused on one thing. and that is economic growth. ...

President obama had to say about that. >> i want to thank the leadership for coming together and getting this done. hopefully, next time it wont be in the 11th hour. one of the things i said throughout the process is we have to get out of habit of governing by crisis. >> well, how much did the partial government shutdown cost the u.s. economy? it depends on what theyre making for the estimate. the global company ihs says the numbers are about a billion in lost government services, meanwhile, the...

Opportunity to focus on a sensible budget that is responsible, that is fair and that helps hard working people all across this country. >> reporter: the congressional budget office says the so-called sequester is holding back economic growth. standard & poors says the governments shutdown cost the economy about $24 billion. the president will have comments within the hour. heather? heather: wendell, how are republicans looking at the coming budget talks? >> reporter: well, senate minority leader...

Is. at the same time, the democrats and nancy pelosi and the democrats in the senate and the house voted to support sequester-level funding. okay. so that is something that the republicans fought hard for a couple of years ago and they did achieve out of this battle. >> danniella, whats your perspective? who comes out the winner and who comes out the loser on this deal? >> im going sort of agree and ill say i dont think anyone won here. the american people lost. the shutdown cost $24 billion. wh...

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