Blame Game Begins, As Government Shutdown Looms

Last time it happened, Bill Clinton was President and Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the House. Next week, it could happen again.

FOX News Radio’s Jared Halpern reports on another threatened Government shutdown:

Congress has one week to solve its latest fiscal deadline or face a Government shutdown.

Reid: “America will know exactly who to blame, Republican fanatics in the House and the Senate.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejecting a motion by Texas Republican Ted Cruz to quickly approve a House passed spending bill that defunds the Affordable Care Act.

Cruz: It is our obligation to our constituents to do everything we can to prevent the majority leader from funding Obamacare.”

Cruz calling on Republican colleagues to join a filibuster, but GOP Leader Senator Mitch McConnell announcing he will not help block the House passed bill.

In Washington, Jared Halpern, FOX News Radio.

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