WMPT PBS NewsHour October 1, 2013
Political ping pong to free food. The shutdowns effects even reached the capitol, where some staffers were furloughed and hearings postponed. But lawmakers remained at loggerheads over how to break the stalemate. Overnight, House Republicans passed yet another funding bill with antiobamacare provisions and called for negotiations with the senate. That, too, went nowhere. On this, the ayes are 54 and the nays are 46. Reporter shortly after gaveling in this morning, the Democraticcontrolled Senate quickly rejected that measure on a straight partyline vote. Majority leader harry reid said blame f...