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>> i think it's crazy. the holding the government hostage over obama care is ridiculous. >> reporter: perhaps sensing the anger, several tea party republicans told abc's jeff ze zelleny they've asked their paychecks be withheld during the shutdown. >> do you feel guilty that your paychecks are coming and other people, janitors, staff of the government, are not? is it awkward? >> well, we are working. we're here today, and we have continued to work. but i am also going to ask them to hold my salary as a gesture. >> reporter: even the "we the people" section of the white house website is down. t...

What else is there? >> reporter: right. that's of course, we're seeing the picture of the monuments closed and veterans that couldn't get to the world war ii memorial yesterday. but there's also the impact of money going out. take for example head start. there are 1,600 head start programs across the country that help about a million children, low-income children with education, health issues and nutrition. they will close down as long as this keeps going. at first it will be a couple dozen, but the longer the shutdown goes on, the money will dry up and those kids will be affected. this is hav...

>> reporter: the house republican leadership tried to coerce senate democrats into negotiations. >> this table is empty on the other side. >> reporter: but senate majority leader harry reid said it is too late for that. >> we have a good day for anarchists. why? because the government is closed. >> reporter: there's a growing chorus among northeast republicans that the house needs to cave. a dozen came out to say put up a bill that gets the government up and running and ignores obama care. congressman peter king said there is enough support in the house to pass it. >> i think the shutdown is a...

I think the whole holding the government hostage over obama care is ridiculous. >> reporter: perhaps sensing the anger, several tea party republicans told abc's jeff zeleny they've asked their paychecks be withheld during the shutdown. >> do you feel guilty that your paychecks are coming and other people, janitors, staff of the government, are not? is it awkward? >> well, we are working. we're here today, and we have continued to work. but i am also going to ask them to hold my salary as a gesture. >> reporter: even the "we the people" section of the white house website is down. that's where p...

Led by harry reid are saying we are not doing, we are not negotiating. that's it. >> karen travers live on capitol hill. thank you. all right. brings us to our facebook question of the day. how has the government shutdown impacted you? log on to wnnfans.com and let us know. meantime, what triggered the shutdown in the first place, the rollout of obama care, moved forward with the opening of the much-anticipated health insurance marketplace but not without serious bumps in the road. nearly three million americans signed on to the website in one day. not surprisingly, that created a mammoth ...