Live. Are we going to end up in ohmless shelters homeless shelters . As far as obamacare goes, i understand it was a law passed, and i understand and i stand behind that. However, i do not like the fact that the president can change things at will. Were so worried about what the republicans want to do, its obama who made the first move. Hes the one that started giving all these exemptions. If thats good enough for me, why is it not good enough for them . If we had the british system, we would dissolve congress as they would dissolve parliament or some entity that theyre got getting the dollars. My greatest concern is theres no discussion of ways to increase revenue into the federal government. In all my years of balancing a budget, ive always had to look at increasing work time, working overtime, getting a second job. All my children have worked two and three jobs to be able to get through school. I feel that the, all the congressmen need to consider the opportunities of revenue increa
We will see you here tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. For tomorrows washington journal. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] it is day 14 of the Government Shutdown and both chambers of congress are in session later today after a rare week meeting for both bodies. No agreement has been reached to reopen the government and raise the debt limit. The House Chamber will gaveling at noon eastern for morning hour, 2 00 legislative work. The house continuing their approach to take a shortterm funding bills to reopen parts of the federal government. This afternoon, they deal with one dealing with indian affairs. Lawmakers will continue to debate on a measure in the senate to lift the debt ceiling until 2014. According to treasury secretary jack lew, nations Borrowing Limit will be met this thursday. For an update on the current shutdown talks, we spoke this morning with a capitol hill reporter. For more on the talks goin
Working for that pay. The publicans have refused to put on the floor legislation that will open the peoples government. Membershad over 150 sign a petition to open the government. And bring legislation to the floor. Askingscores of members for unanimous consent of the body to do just that. So that the government could be open today. A point of order was just made. Any member of the house would hre been in order to ask for floor. E put on the we will discuss that at greater length. The American People want the government opened. They want us to talk. They want us to reach an agreement. They see no need. We see no need of having literally millions of people shut out of their workplace while the republican majority shuts down the government and tries to hold a gun at our head to agree on things that, in a democratic process, should be dealt with not at the point of a gun, but at the table of conference, to which they have refused to go over the last five months. That me yield to my collea
Things with give and take, things that you want, things that the republicans want, attached to a clean c. R. Do you have a policy side card, not just a process side card, thats new. No, i understand the question, and its a smart one. But let me be clear. Our position has always been that, at the very least, congress ought not to allow the government to shut down. The republicans should not shut down the government and the house of representatives should do what the senate did, which is pass a clean c. R. , funding the government at levels set in the Previous Fiscal Year by largely republicans. So it has also been our position that we envision a bigger, broader, and more sub stan active budget compromise that achieved some of the goals the president has been talking about for a long time, and those goals include continued deficit reduction. They include, you know, dealing with the problem with the sequester, and they include key investments in areas of our economy and our middle class t
What could mike pence bring to the 2016 ticket . An american casualty. A u. S. Citizen confirmed dead in the terror attack in bangladesh. An assault with hostages that lasted into the earl Morning Hours coming to a very violent end. First, we start this hour with breaking news in washington. Hillary Clintons Campaign confirmed today that the former secretary of state gave a voluntary interview to the fbi about her email practices at the state department. Kelly odonnell is in the washington newsroom with the latest. You are watching the story all day today. You have had some developments wp the last several hours. Reporter we were outside Hillary Clintons residence in washington, d. C. We saw the motorcade leave and return four hours later. At that point, we had no firm confirmation she was talking about the fbi. That came after she was home and the interview complete with her campaign releasing a statement. In that, they point out her participation was voluntary and that is critical in