c.r. after c.r. after c.r. continuing resolution. washington is clearly broken. you've got a budget process where the house and senate are supposed to pass budgets. they are supposed to come together and an appropriation committee are supposed to pass bills to fund the government. that hasn't happened in years. i mean, i think it's been six years, five years since that happened. so certainly, it's not working the way that it is supposed to be working, but i don't think it's fair, piers, i don't think it's fair to lay it at the feet of ted cruz or republicans. i mean, the president has -- is pretty famous now saying i'm not going to negotiate and that's not the way the government works, as well. >> well may be but it seems that ted cruz almost single handily with his group of 40 foot soldiers in washington basically held everybody to ransom, his own speaker john boehner and the president of the united states congress and wash -- and the whole of america if you look at it in a rational mind. >> let's go to mira. i know what you think. >> look, the facts are john bo

c.r. after c.r. after c.r. continuing resolution. washington is clearly broken. you've got a budget process where the house and senate are supposed to pass budgets. they are supposed to come together and an appropriation committee are supposed to pass bills to fund the government. that hasn't happened in years. i mean, i think it's been six years, five years since that happened. so certainly, it's not working the way that it is supposed to be working, but i don't think it's fair, piers, i don't think it's fair to lay it at the feet of ted cruz or republicans. i mean, the president has -- is pretty famous now saying i'm not going to negotiate and that's not the way the government works, as well. >> well may be but it seems that ted cruz almost single handily with his group of 40 foot soldiers in washington basically held everybody to ransom, his own speaker john boehner and the president of the united states congress and wash -- and the whole of america if you look at it in a rashen l mind. >> let's go to mira. i know what you think. >> look, the facts are john ba

c.r. after c.r., the past five years have been ridiculous. look, we all -- i don't know about the politicians, but i think the rest of americans wants a budget and a well thought out budget, and this is ridiculous. however, what is happening is that what you're calling the tea party -- which is a great deal of them, but it's also the majority of republicans in the house, and about 9 % republicans in the senate say our constituents are telling us they're not ready for obama care. this el don't want it implemented. since they are the minority and the republicans control one half of one third of the government, all the leverage they have is the c.r. i gra el it's a tiny thing, but it's all they have. >> it's injures not the way it works. their job right now is to keep the government running. they need to do that with a six-weeks cr. >> and so for the first four years. even the first two there was no budget. i love that you now demand a budget. republicans have been demanding budgets for the past four years. it's nice to finally have one. >> you pass a budget, you pass a c.r. i think we all agree it would be great to have a grand bargain, at least a budget, but in the absence of that, it's your jo been to pass a cr, and the president agreed on the -- >> let me tell you what -- republicans have offered to reopen slices of the government to fund veteran services, for example, national parks, a number of other things. nancy pelosi called this pa theic. here is what harry reid had to say about it today. >> but if you can help one child with cancer, why wouldn't you do it? >> listen, why -- i want why one against the other? >> why wou

c.r. after c.r., that's detrimental to the american people. when we're at a situation where we can't even talk to each other and facing the debt ceiling, that is detrimental to the american people. the president today said, we need to get back to a sense of normalcy. well, normalcy means passing appropriations bills. that's how we form -- and by the way, if we did that, we wouldn't be here tonight with a shut down government because there'd be no c.r. if we pass appropriations bills there's no need for a c.r. that's how our government is funded. that's how the department of defense needs to be funded. that's the way things should be done. if you're constantly ignored, if they table everything or don't take it up the house has to act. here's to add one other thing to this. the idea that we don't use a debt ceiling or a crisis to get things done is simply absurd. unfortunately on both sides of the aisle there is not the political courage to do the tough things like deal with entitlements. anyone that disagrees with that doesn't know our history. anytime we've got something of substance done has been in a crisis. >> let me ask you, though. what i don't understand strategically, why shouldn't the republicans allow a c.r., clean c.r. to come up for a vote? because the republicans are saying the votes aren't there. the votes aren't there. if that's really true, why not let it come to a vote and take away that argument from the democrats

c.r. after c.r. the past five years have been ridiculous. how can you have a budget -- look i don't know about the politicians but i think the rest of america wants a budget and a well-thought-out budget and this is ridiculous how it's been operating. what is happening here what you're calling the tea party republicans which is a good deal of them but majority of republicans in the house and about 98% of republicans in the senate say our constituents are telling us they're not ready for obama care. they don't want it implemented. since they are in the minority and the republicans control one half of one-third of the government, all the leverage they have is this c.rh you it's a tiny little thing but it's all they have. >> it's just not the way it works. we need a budget. we need these guys to do their job. their job right now is to keep the government running. they need to do that with a six-week c.r. then they can go back to all the games and dr. seuss and everything else they want to do. >> for the first four years under president obama, even first two when democrats controlled everything there was no budget. i love that you now demand a budget. republicans have been demanding budgets for the past four years. it's nice to finally have one. >> you didn't pass a budget you pass a c.r. i think we all agree here it would be great to get a grand bargain, at least a budget. but in the absence of that your job is to pass a c.r. the president agreed to 100% of the republican budget number on the c.r. >> let me tell you what democrats are not agreeing to right now. republicans have offered to reopen slices of the government. to fund veterans services, f

c.r. after c.r., that's detrimental to the american people. when we're at a situation where we can't even talk to each other and facing the debt ceiling, that is detrimental to the american people. the president today said, we need to get back to a sense of normalcy. well, normalcy means passing appropriations bills. that's how we form -- and by the way, if we did that, we wouldn't be here tonight with a shut down government because there'd be no c.r. if we pass appropriations bills there's no need for a c.r. that's how our government is funded. that's how the department of defense needs to be funded. that's the way thingsz should be done. if you're constantly ignored, if they table everything or don't take it up the house has to act. here's to add one other thing to this. the idea that we don't use a debt ceiling or a crisis to get things done is simply absurd. unfortunately on both sides of the aisle there is not the political courage to do the tough things like deal with entitlements. anyone that disagrees with that doesn't know our history. anytime we've got something of substance done has been in a crisis. >> let me ask you, though. what i don't understand strategically, why shouldn't the republicans allow a c.r., clean c.r. to come up for a vote? because the republicans are saying the votes aren't there. the votes aren't there. if that's really true, why not let it come to a vote and take away that argument from the democrat

c.r. and then a conference that talks about the issues for the whole year, resolves funding, makes sense. but only after they pass our clean c.r. bill. so speaker boehner, no more gains. when the final hours, pass the clean c.r. don't send us another one of these little gizmos that is simply meant to take attention off the fact that you don't have the courage to keep the government funded. pass the clean c.r. and then we can talk about conference. yield the floor. >> madam president. >> the assistant majority leader? >> madam president, the statement made earlier is worthy of note. in less than an hour, the government of the united states of america will close. what it means is that agencies all across -- >> good evening. i'm chris hayes. we are less than one hour away from the government shutdown. as i speak to you right now, the national is in session on the floor. you see dick turbin of illinois speaking. you just saw harry reid and chuck schumer of new york, also part of the senate democratic leadership. if you are watching and could not because theed by the clean c.r. and the conference committee and the conferrees, do not worry. we'll explain it all. at this hour, here's where we stand. the senate has

c.r. the year it was adopted. you passed a c.r. after it was adopted. you passed a c.r. after that. so what is it? let's stop being so mean and so broken about the ability to keep our government open. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. aderholt: i would like to recognize the chearm for the full committee of appropriations, chairman rogers, for four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for four minutes. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, i rise in full support of h.j.res. 75, this bill ensures that the nearly 8. million women, children and enfants who rely on the special supplemental nutrition program for women, enfants and children, will continue to receive critical nutrition assistance without interruption. this bill provides funding for i.c. at the fiscal year 2013 post-sequester rate of 6.-- of $6.5 billion until december 15, or until we can enact a full-year appropriations legislation. that is the ultimate goal

after all of this, ted cruz, you've heard from mitch mcconnell, you saw john boehner bring the c.r., the clean c.rcould have done three weeks ago, bring it to the house for a vote. i think the shutdown strategy is over. >> maria, the decision, as it relates to a negotiation, many republicans were saying they were using it as leverage, because democrats always say, yeah, we'll negotiate. let's get past this. we'll talk about it, let's just pass this piece of legislation. what's the guarantee that this won't happen again? >> there are no guarantees, victor. and this is where i think that the folks on both sides of the aisle, and there is some hope here, because we saw this week that senator murray sat down with congressman paul ryan to actually work out some of these things so this doesn't happen again. what we did see from the shutdown, and we talked about the polls in our last conversation, that americans have absolutely had it. and amy's right. i think ted cruz is feeling the heat. the problem here, though, victor, it was never really up to ted cruz. it was always up to speaker boehner. at the en

c.r. and then a conference that talks about the issues for the whole year, resolves funding makes sense, but only after they pass our clean c.r. bill. so peerk boehner, no more games. in the final hours, pass the clean c.r. don't send us another one of these little gizmos that is simply meant to take attention off the fact that you don't have the courage to keep the government funded. pass the clean c.r., and then we can talk about conference. i yield the floor. mr. durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: the assistant majority leader. mr. durbin: madam president, the statement made earlier by the majority leader is worthy of note. in less than an hour, the government of the united states of america will close. what it means is that agencies all across the united states will start notifying federal employees go back home, don't come to work. you may not be paid for today. and people who are reaching out to those agencies for services, s.b.a. loans, student loans, advice on social security, veterans' benefits, they're going to find recordings instead of government workers there to help them, and that's not good. it doesn't speak well for this great nation that we've reached this point. what we he