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Does happen. some commissaries and other base services will be shutting down if this goes on this week. practically speaking, the military gets paid around the 1st and the 15th of every month. so congress has about a week and a half to figure something out. so there s no legal guarantee that troops will get the back-pay. but it s very likely. rick? rick: caroline shively from washington. let s get reaction now from house g.o.p. leadership republican congressman doug collins of georgia joining us tonight. thanks for being here. thank you for your service a lieutenant colonel in the service, a war veteran, does this upset you that servicemembers will have to work without pay? why doesn t mccaskill go back to the senate floor and tell her minority leader to withhold the votes so we can get this thing passed and we can fund it? this is an interesting game we re playing here in which the senate democrats have chosen illegal immigrants who we want ....
Will continue to fly, and our war fighters will continue to pursue terrorists throughout the middle east. the getting paid part of this situation is trickier. active duty military members are essential personnel so they have to show up for work even without pay. senator clare mccast cass skill tried to do something similar early saturday to allow them to get paid. we don t want one minute to pass of there being any uncertainty foror any soldier in the world that they will be paid for o the valiant work that they do on behalf of our national security. reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell shot that down. some come airies and other base ....
Anywhere in the world that they will be paid for the valiant work they do on behalf of our national security. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell shut that motion down, but both sides say they want to make sure the military and their families don t go without pay. but usaa and other organizations have offered interest-free loans to military members in case that does happen. some commissaries and other base services will be shutting down if this goes on this week. practically speaking, the military gets paid around the 1st and the 15th of every month. so congress has about a week and a half to figure something out. there s no legal guarantee that troops will get the back-pay, but it s very likely. arthel? arthel: caroline shively, thank you. eric: for more on the government shutdown s impact on the military, let s bring in the chairman for american defense international and former deputy assistant secretary of the army, so he knows from which he speaks. i mean the shutdown, it s al ....
What this four-day conference represents? not really. we always concentrate on how we can do better providing base services. one thing the mayors have learned to do is live with the resources that we have. at the city level you found innovation, creativity, mayors that have stepped up and dealt with what we call our new reality, which is we live in a world which doesn t have the same level of resources we did a few years ago. and cities i think have done a great job of adapting to that and of creating levels of service even with fewer resources. that s what we concentrate on. you re talking about innovation, the new reality facing you and your counterparts in contrast to the president s focus on the public sector, the gop, mitt romney saying it is the private sector that is the job creation sector of the american economy. which of those messages do you think makes you your fellow leaders more confident? what is resonating most with constituents of mesa? i think one thing we ve fo ....