Ted Cruze is blaming Reid for holding the American People hostage

Yes, and one one member of a marriage gives ultimatums that they will destroy the marriage unless they get their way then it isn't a good marriage and the blame is on the person that makes such an ultimatum.

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Yes, and one one member of a marriage gives ultimatums that they will destroy the marriage unless they get their way then it isn't a good marriage and the blame is on the person that makes such an ultimatum.

all parties have done this, so your argument goes no where.

The fact is that if the Republicans do simply refuse to cooperate, eventually the Democrats will have to compromise. Even they would be reluctant to simply have no budget forever and default on everything.

Ted Cruze is blaming Reid for holding the American People hostage

It shames me that Ted represents me in congress.

Boner Boehner is the one holding up the vote in the House. People who seem to know him say "he's a nice guy." They don't know beans from shinola!

Shutdown Could Halt VA Checks by November
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told lawmakers that millions of veterans, their dependents, or survivors relying on VA compensation and support will not receive their checks next month if the ongoing government shutdown stretches into late October

Will The Shutdown Cost America Jobs?
BY ALAN PYKE ON OCTOBER 8, 2013 AT 11:10 AM

The government shutdown began amid a fight Republicans picked over health care reform, but as it drags on, it draws attention to the wider interconnectedness of government work and the general economic health of the nation. When hundreds of thousands of government workers can’t work or are made to work without pay, nearby businesses lose hundreds of thousands of customers. When public lands close, nearby communities lose millions of dollars’ worth of economic activity from tourism. In the end, it seems likely that it will end up costing jobs at a time of stubbornly high unemployment.
One economist estimates from previous shutdowns that the Washington, D.C. area loses 0.02 percent of its jobs each day the government remains closed. Communities like Colorado Springs, CO, Virginia Beach, VA, and Honolulu, HI, are each more dependent on the federal workforce than D.C., and thus potentially subject to worse jobs impacts from a shutdown. About a third of contractors in one survey say they are delaying hiring and nearly 60 percent say the shutdown negatively impacts their businesses. More than a quarter-million private sector contractor employees will be affected in some way — possibly including layoffs.
There are small businesses across the country that are suddenly running short of customers. Nevada’s $15 billion per year outdoor industry is faced with canceled tours, threatening layoffs for some of the 148,000 Nevadans who work in the industry. One restaurant in Maryland, where over a third of the state economy is tied to federal spending in one way or another, saw just three diners for lunch on Friday compared to the 100 that normally come from a federal building across the street. A nearby landscaping business laid off all but four members of a 32-person work crew after receiving a stop work order for federal properties it maintains.