VIDEO: Harry Reid Says Abortion Rights, Clean Air Are Holding Up Budget Agreement

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke out moments ago on Capitol Hill, saying that although the "numbers are basically there," he's "not nearly as optimistic" as he was 11 hours ago when working with the president and House Speaker John Boehner.

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[Tuddley3]

@huntinghumans66669 Try reading your 1st sentence, then your 3rd. Your 1st sentence is complaining about cutting spending, then your 3rd is asking for more. Republican's ARE wanting to cut more, the Dems keep wanting to spend. The Dems want to shutdown the Govt and the Internet when there is really no reason to except to start following the example of Hugo Chavez and stockpile money for themselves. If this is Obama's idea of Change he needs to be assassinated along with George Soros!!

[huntinghumans66669]

this is so stupid, why would these stupid republicans end services that saves the taxpayer money?

i heard, to house one criminal is $30,000/ per year and no telling how much it was for the taxpayer to take care on the kid from being a fetus until jail.

i think government should cut more.

[luisbeck007]

- I KNOW HOW TO PAY THE USA NATIONAL DEBT IS THERE ANY TORTUE INTERESTED ========== :-)

[docatomics]

..."take us to your leader"; (we fired them & subjugation)

~ok blurb what ever you need, just don't take our horn; but this may take 1,000 years and here is the bill, payment in advance is required as we don't do credit here on my Earth anymore, being in bankruptcy with our Life Debt to the Universe-sssssssssssiS !

=REAL CANADIAN DEMOCRACY having takin on viral epic proportions, we now have like 7 billion leaders, so O patent coveting one, this may take a while to interview you with our leaders

[jbpnw]

The Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House on October 1, 2010 when the new fiscal year started. They chose not to pass a budget. Now they want to cry b/c the other side has some ideological problems with the budget?

Don't be fooled The Democrats could have have pushed their budget through while they had majority without a single Republican vote just as they did with the HC bill

This is a political move set into play right after last Novembers 'shellacking.'

[geargemartin]

@SuperNolimetangere Yes Defence contractors will be affected. That refers to companies like Boeing, Lockheed, General dynamics...et al. Also effected will be National Parks, The Smithsonian and other "stuff" like that. I'm retired military myself and I wanted to be sure so, I inquired. It was explained to me by a staff member from Sen. Rubio's office.

[geargemartin]

@SuperNolimetangere Don't worry. In the event of a government shutdown, All government retirement checks (including, military, civil service and social security) will be uninterrupted. All essential government services will also continue. Only non essential services will shut down.

[geargemartin]

Shut it down. That in itself will probably save 10's of millions.