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Subsidies to their own staffers be taken away. and this is something that boehner be working behind the scenes to get. and now hes going to shut down the government over something he fought to get. i mean, thats how cynical they are here and how just transparently vacuous their strategy has been. >> and maybe republican staff members will join a union because i just found that astonishing, that they were going to pull that health insurance out from them, their subsidies. >> krystal ball, e.j. di...

Irresponsible and futile. and then he capitulated. he was against this before he was for it. and thats why were in this jam, a costly shutdown, opposed by most of the public, most of congress and even by the very republican who engineered it. this is so strange, you might not believe it if you didnt see it yourself. and maybe thats why some people are in denial and want to blame it on washington being broken. its true that the house is broken as an instrument of democracy. but look, if you come ...

Told me that frankly theyre embarrassed by this because it does amount to a temper tantrum. its the utmost irresponsible thing that i have seen the tea party caucus within the republican caucus do in the two and a half years ive been here. >> well, speaker boehner, if he called a vote he could really do something thats great for the country. well see. >> he needs to fall on the sword and do it. >> or raise the sword and stand up for something. >> there you go. >> congresswoman karen bass and kry...

Failure to avert a government shutdown by tuesday at 12:01 a.m. the cam could go dark when the national zoo is forced to close its doors to the public. doors to work would also be closed for a large number of civilian military employees as well as irs, national park service workers. now, those doors will stay open for active-duty military personnel, but they wont be getting paid for their service until congress can get a new bill passed. meanwhile, the members of congress who caused the whole fi...

The american people are united behind the priorities the president laid out there. on the other hand you have republican who is are trying to deny americans health insurance. i dont know why they dont just give the law a shot and see if it actually could help people in this country. what a novel idea. >> but, i mean, 20 million americans. theyre willing to sacrifice young people up to age 26, people with pre-existing conditions just to make an egotist kal point. it is frightening. but i think th...

That is brought out did not occur. planes didnt fall out of the sky. >> and more than that, during a shutdown, the government doesnt actually shut down. social security checks go out, troops stay in the field, the it tsa keeps on feeling people up and implementation of obamacare continues unabated. all of which unveils cruzs shutdown dance as little more than an adult temper tantrum. as everyone knows, back in the winter of 2013 obamacare was implemented and there were lots of glitches and mista...

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We can accept that. molly ball has dethroned the quiz master. congratulations to you. >> molly, little did you know by winning the quiz show and taunting the former winner, it gave you an automatic booking on "the cycle." >> lucky me. i havent had so much fun since the last time i went to the dentist. >> up against the clock at 9:00 eastern and you might see the winner or one of the losers, perry bacon jr., on the cycle. this weeks contestants josh barrel and he have ven mcmorrison and someone n...

Mass shootings. >> milwaukee, texas a&m, minneapolis, brookfield, portland. >> everybody expresses understandable horror. >> of course, newtown, connecticut, where 20 children and 6 faculty members were gunned down. >> yet were not willing to take basic actions we know can make a difference. >> lets cut right to our panel now. joining us is my colleague, crystal ball, co host of "the cycle" and jonathan capehart. we just heard the president say we dont need to be a nation where mass shootings ha...

Ceiling is final shattered, hillary clinton. >> for more, im joined by the "washington posts" dana milbank and co host of "the cycle" on msnbc. hillary didnt have to say anything on syria, doesnt have to accept invitations to speak and receive honors, but she is making her presence known. is 2016 a definite for her at this point? >> well, as only one or perhaps two people who actually know that. but she is doing everything that she would do to to line up a candidacy in 2016. but this is also jus...