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republican party forces them into brinksman, ship.t doesn't make any sense if the president has an axe to grind and why he would want to put the american people in that and force the pain on them. >> so far no closer to ending the shutdown. it's incomprehensible to millions of americans who realize how much they do count on the federal government for their well-being. >> at least 13 people have been injured? a series of tornados that hit the u.s. mid west. hopehomes and businesses have bn damaged in nebraska and south dakota and iowa. the national weather service says it's not clear how many tornados hit the area in total. >>> still in the united states tropical storm car karen has lat strength as it approaches the coast of louisiana. it's now a tropical depression. heavy rain is expected on the cost as the tornados move east. >>> thousands of americas have called for immigration reform. they are demanding congress pass a immigration bill that was introduced this week. >> reform that will carve a path to citizenship for 11 million und
republican party forces them into brinksman, ship.t doesn't make any sense if the president has an axe to grind and why he would want to put the american people in that and force the pain on them. >> so far no closer to ending the shutdown. it's incomprehensible to millions of americans who realize how much they do count on the federal government for their well-being. >> at least 13 people have been injured? a series of tornados that hit the u.s. mid west. hopehomes and businesses...
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Oct 8, 2013
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>> it depends on the brinksman ship here. >> it's confidence on the u.s. government to pay their debt on time. weakened stablity and effectiveness and predict ability of u.s. institutions and policy making. we are seeing stronger signals in the markets that investor are getting nervous. >> look at that down 157 points. >> the dow is down and we have yields on treasury notes ar. and we are not seeing a hissy fit yet on wall street. but we are seeing the stronger signals of weaknesses and what we are seeing with that is the message from wall street is stop messing around with the full faith and guarantee of the american government. >> we hear that from the markets. we hear from republican republican represen representatd senators that it's not that big of a deal if the debt ceiling is not raised. i will ask you the same question i asked an economist a few moments ago. is it a big deal or not? >> it's a big deal if we default on government debt. so much of the market is about psychology. and when you tamper with confidence and make people nervous it can have
>> it depends on the brinksman ship here. >> it's confidence on the u.s. government to pay their debt on time. weakened stablity and effectiveness and predict ability of u.s. institutions and policy making. we are seeing stronger signals in the markets that investor are getting nervous. >> look at that down 157 points. >> the dow is down and we have yields on treasury notes ar. and we are not seeing a hissy fit yet on wall street. but we are seeing the stronger signals...
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we are going to need to keep a ledger of just what was the real expense of this shutdown and this brinksmanaying the debts of our country. these were not cost free. and i think the kind of expenses that are going to accrue are going to mount up as we go forward. and that kind of recklessness and irresponsibility, i think will take its toll in the november elections. >> you know, jamal, even the right has began to get nervous. a conservative blogger suggested that the democrats will win back control next year. he tweeted speaker pelosi part two opening january 5th, 2015. even the writer's scared, jamal. >> they should be scared. some of the people in the chamber of commerce and business groups says anybody who votes against the debt increase they risk getting a primary challenge, i would love to see the business republicans go after these tea party republicans next year so even if a democrat can't beat them they at least get some people back in congress who are willing to focus on things like e-rate, broadband connections to schools and libraries. that's kind of stuff that the american peopl
we are going to need to keep a ledger of just what was the real expense of this shutdown and this brinksmanaying the debts of our country. these were not cost free. and i think the kind of expenses that are going to accrue are going to mount up as we go forward. and that kind of recklessness and irresponsibility, i think will take its toll in the november elections. >> you know, jamal, even the right has began to get nervous. a conservative blogger suggested that the democrats will win...
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Oct 8, 2013
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we shouldn't engage in brinksman, ship like this.y they talked to president clinton and they got the things they wanted. they had to give the democrats the things that the democrats wanted. but it took on a sense of normal democratic process. so here we already went through this once in 2011. and then last year right after my election we went through system similar about the fiscal clip. the republicans wouldn't negotiate about taxes, the fact that the taxes went up anyway even though they refused to negotiate. they could have gotten some things from us that they wanted if they had been willing to negotiate. we have to stop repeating this pattern. i know the american people are tired. i apologize you have to go through this stuff every three months it seems like. and lord knows i'm tired of it. but at some point we have to kind of break these habits and get back to the point where everybody understands that in ghoasgoish yagsesnegotiations td take and you don't hold people hostage or ask ransom for them so you can get your way. you d
we shouldn't engage in brinksman, ship like this.y they talked to president clinton and they got the things they wanted. they had to give the democrats the things that the democrats wanted. but it took on a sense of normal democratic process. so here we already went through this once in 2011. and then last year right after my election we went through system similar about the fiscal clip. the republicans wouldn't negotiate about taxes, the fact that the taxes went up anyway even though they...
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been on the floor calling for since march, to work towards a bipartisan agreement that ends the brinksmansh*p, ends the manufactured crisis so harmful to our country and kpheufplt -- and economy. as we continue to hear from thousands of americans, from fishermen to small business owners to struggling moms who are being hurt as this shutdown occurs, i hope they will at least stop standing in the way of those of us who are ready to get to work. so, mr. president, i want to close by quoting kierston watts from tacoma, washington. she works for the bonneville administration. she told the seattle times it is sad the government is playing games with people's likelihood. she said workers at her agency would still be coming in but she's worried about the others who won't be. she was thinking about how this shutdown will impact others. and i think speaker boehner and the tea party who according to representative stutsman are laser focused on what's in it for them could learn a lot from that approach. i say today to speaker boehner, open up the government. let everybody go back to work. stop hurtin
been on the floor calling for since march, to work towards a bipartisan agreement that ends the brinksmansh*p, ends the manufactured crisis so harmful to our country and kpheufplt -- and economy. as we continue to hear from thousands of americans, from fishermen to small business owners to struggling moms who are being hurt as this shutdown occurs, i hope they will at least stop standing in the way of those of us who are ready to get to work. so, mr. president, i want to close by quoting...