joining me now is dan kildee. the people in your district know who you are, but you must occasionally find yourself in a circumstance, at a baby shower, out at a restaurant, and someone doesn't know what you do. i'm a member of the united states congress. what is the reaction when you say that? >> i don't know who the 5% are because i haven't met any of them yet. most people are completely fed up. i'm proud of the work i do. i'm proud of the work my staff does every day. these people work really hard with me. the frustration is that there is a segment of the congress and our society that benefits from congress being des pized because who checks out of the process when our political institutions are used for these sort of clown shows that the republicans are putting on. some people get angry and they act, but an equal or greater number check out of the political process. i'll guarantee you, it's not wall street and it's not the big multinational companies that are checking out. when average citizens feel like congr

congressman dan kildee. >> msnbc contributor joy reid thank you for your time. >> thank you, chris. >t is coming up

congressman dan kildee. >> msnbc contributor joy reid thank you for your time. >> thank you, chris. >t is coming up on midnight in the east. no compromise has been reached to avoid the shutdown of the federal government of the united states. this is the first time it had has happened in recent memory. our coverage continues now with rachel maddow in washington, d.c. >> thank you, chris. good evening. >> thanks to you at home for being with us on this momentous night. it is now exactly midnight here on the east coast. for the first time in 17 years, the american federal government is as of right now in the process of shutting down. we are coming to you live from washington, d.c. this hour where house republicans have essentially just thrown in the towel and forced the federal government to shut down. what was expected to be a drama-filled night with negotiations going up until the last moment, did not exactly turn out that way. there's been talking right up until the last moment, but nothing that looks like working to stop this from happening. we have known for the better part of an ho

joining me now democratic congressman dan kildee of michigan.the house financial services committee. congressman kildee, what do you make of speaker boehner's line of argument? >> it is unbelievable. since april 23rd, we have been asking the speaker to appoint people to a conference committee to work out the differences in the budget. suddenly, 15 minutes before the government shuts down they decide they will make an offer to have a conference committee when the real question is why aren't we taking up the senate cr. the president will sign it. the senate already passed it. we know a majority of the house would support it. so this notion that suddenly they want to talk when for seven months or six months we been trying to get them to conference with the senate on a budget, it's just really insincere, and it's unfortunately another example of john boehner's failed leadership. he's not the speaker the house is. i don't know what his job is, but it's not the speaker. >> what guidance have you been given in terms of next steps here? the democratic c