With the clock ticking, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that - TopicsExpress



          

With the clock ticking, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that “the wild people” and “the extremists in the House of Representatives” were blocking every effort to restart the government and avoid default. There had been a sense of optimism Tuesday morning that Senate leaders were near agreement on a plan to reopen the federal government after a 15-day shutdown and extend the debt ceiling so the country could pay its bills. But by midday, the Senate negotiations were derailed. House Republicans had hatched a new budget that still faced opposition from the right-wing Tea Party fringe
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 22:54:26 +0000

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