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Hopefully, it won't last more than a couple of days. >> if it is longer than that, i will eat ramen and do what i have to do to make ends make. >> john gauge is president of the american federation of government employees. his group represents many of those who will be without work if the government shuts down. thank you for joining us this morning. >> you are welcome. >> who do you think is to blame for all of this? >> well, this is really political theater but trying to drive this many cuts to the federal government in the 2011 budget in the five months which are left, this will cripple agen...

>> i think these cults are totally unreasonably. >> is it the president, john boehner, harry reid, is it the tea party? there is a lot of finger pointing going on. so who is to blame? >> i heard speaker bane noehner it was not a revenue problem but a spending problem. we have lost 8 million jobs. that is a revenue problem. we have surpluses as far as the eyes could see in 2000, tax cuts, two wars, katrina. the financial bailout put us in this deficit position. we can't cure this deficit position by taking it out on federal workers or public employees. their pay, their pension, furloughing. tha...

Confirm one of president obama's picks for the national labor relations board. earlier a pro-union nominee to head the transportation security administration quit before the confirmation process even began. and the so-called card check bill, which would make it easier for workers to unionize has stalled in congress. one union boss tells politico, quote: here is labor getting thrown under the bus again. john gauge of the government employees union says it will be difficult motivating election volunteers this fall, quote: people are going to say what have the democrats done for us? meanwhile, th...

Confirm one of president obama's picks for the national labor relations board. earlier a pro-union nominee to head the transportation security administration quit before the confirmation process even began. and the so-called card check bill, which would make it easier for workers to unionize has stalled in congress. one union boss tells politico, quote: here is labor getting thrown under the bus again. john gauge of the government employees union says it will be difficult motivating election volunteers this fall, quote: people are going to say what have the democrats done for us? meanwhile, th...