WASHINGTON WEEK

with GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 @ 9:00PM

Tonight: Government Shutdown, Debt Ceiling Debate & Health Insurance Exchanges Open

Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on how to end the government shutdown but leaders from both parties seem to be suggesting the standoff could last for weeks and grow into an even bigger crisis – the possible default by the Treasury if Congress fails to raise the nation’s debt ceiling.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) insists President Obama owns the shutdown because he is unwilling to negotiate over delaying or defunding the Affordable Care Act as part of a deal to reopen the government. President Barack Obama blames the shutdown on Tea Party Republicans and their ideological opposition to the 2010 healthcare law which was later upheld by the Supreme Court.

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