The federal Government Shutdown. Here are the latest headlines. The white house says president obama has canceled upcoming visits to malaysia and the philippines. The house and senate are back in session. House republicans plan to keep pushing bills to reopen certain parts of the government. And some lawmakers say the shutdown could last for weeks, as congressional leaders are still playing the blame game. There is a way for us to work through our differences, and we agree on an awful lot, and as was seen by the war spending bill for the troops that the president signed into law, there are some things we can build on and agree on so the disagreements dont get in the way. This is about defunding the Affordable Care act on a day when millions of people are logging in to find out how they can enroll. Its really a remarkable historic day where people can receive the promise of our founders of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Dont wait. Dont delay. Dont put our economy or our peo
Employees were signing their furlough letters. All three are trying to be positive about the situation and hope it will be resolved quickly. My wife and i, we are going to take this day by day. You will be prepared for anything as it comes, just like we have been in the previous years. According to the lieutenant colonel, National Guard troops who are deployed and on active duty will continue to be paid. Those who will be attending drills or are on reserve status will not. Those getting ready for deployment and training for deployment will continue to train and will get paid. But the ones that are normal drilling status, like the majority of us, will not be drilling this weekend, and we will have to postpone it until the future. And they wont get paid. Like many federal employees, those who were sent home here today are hopeful that some compromise can be reached and the government will get back to business as usual. We never know what is going to happen up in washington, but we hope f
Democrats are saying no to this piece by piece approach, insisting that the full government be funded, not going one program at a time. Brian . All right, kelly thank you for that update. And as you know what is happening right now in washington has been a long time coming. It is being drink by a committed core of republican members of congress who are all but assured of reelection in their districts and just cant be conservative enough for many of the folks back home. This is about the divide in our country, the end of the old chain of command in congress and anger over obama care. Our political director and chief White House Correspondent chuck todd has that part of the story. Reporter good evening, brian, you know, these Tea Party Conservatives helped to propel republicans to take control of the house in 2010. And these conservatives are the engine behind this current standoff now. The tea party has the president s attention. One faction of one party in one house of congress, in one
Lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill after a long night that ultimately ended in failure. The government is closing this morning for the first time in about two decades. It is hard to see if there will be an end to the gridlock. News 4s Melissa Mollett is live. Reporter its been a bitter partisan fight. Quite a blame game weve seen over the past couple of days. We know that lawmakers will reconvene at 9 30 this morning. Heres what we know about what will happen then. Were understanding from harry reid that he will move to table whatever the house was working on overnight which will end up killing it. Democrats say they wont approve anything at all unless that thing is completely clear of any demands to change the Health Care Law. The hope, of course, this morning perhaps to go to this conference and end up actually talking through their differences. Theres a way to resolve this process and that is to go to conference and talk through your differences. I would hope the sena
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