Today, via Twitter, from Representative Vicky Hartzler (r):

Rep. Vicky Hartzler ‏@RepHartzler

Sadly, the Democratic-controlled Senate has voted to shut down govn. & give Members special healthcare treatment. Americans deserve better. 9:16 AM – 1 Oct 13

Members and staff:

Democrats Divulge Emails With Boehner Staff as Shutdown Fight Gets Personal (Updated)

By Meredith Shiner Posted at 12:40 a.m. today

….The emails, which were not provided to CQ Roll Call, apparently reveal that Boehner’s staff and Reid’s staff participated in routine coordination between two leaders of Congress to avoid having congressional staff lose their health care benefits.

“During a five-month period stretching from February to July, Boehner and his aides sought along with Reid’s office to solve what had become a big headache for both of them,” POLITICO writes. “They drafted and reviewed a possible legislative fix, as well as continued to push for an administrative one from the Office of Personnel Management.”

It bears repeating again that the original intent of the provision that is causing leaders so much trouble was merely to force Congressional staff on to Obamacare exchanges, not to have those employees get no employer contribution toward their care.

Shorter Representative Vicky Hartzler (r): I’m spinning against health care support for my congressional staff even though the republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives worked to make sure my staff received that health care support.

Do you suppose if Representative Hartzler’s (r) congressional staff don’t refuse their government subsidized health insurance in support of their boss’s political posturing they’ll lose their jobs? Just asking.

A press release from Senator Claire McCaskill (D):

McCaskill Blasts U.S. House for Shutting Down Government

Jobs and businesses now being impacted after U.S. House leadership refuses to allow up-or-down vote on ‘clean’ funding bill

October 1, 2013

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill tonight released the following statement as the federal government heads into a shutdown, after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to allow an up-or-down vote on a clean government funding bill, and instead voted to dismantle the Affordable Care Act of 2010:

“It is completely unacceptable that U.S. House Republicans are willing to shut down the government. This will upset our economic recovery and cause thousands of Missourians real pain. They know that the President will not back up on his work to provide affordable and accessible health care. They know that the Senate will not overturn these reforms. A decision was made at the ballot box last November, and supporters of the Affordable Care Act were returned to office by the American people. We can negotiate federal spending and the budget. We should not negotiate on keeping our government functioning and paying our bills. It is time for Speaker Boehner to allow the House to vote on a clean government funding bill without the unrealistic and irresponsible political posturing.”

A federal government shutdown will effect jobs and businesses across the country. Consequences will include: delayed benefits for our veterans; furloughs for 39,000 federal employees in Missouri; delays in vital loans for small businesses, and in Social Security checks for seniors enrolling in the program for the first time.

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 is already working to slow the rise in cost of health care, and protect Missourians from the worst abuses of the insurance industry-banning discrimination based on a patient’s pre-existing condition, barring insurance companies from dropping coverage for a person who becomes sick, allowing young people to stay on their parent’s health insurance plan until their 26th birthday, providing small businesses with tax credits to insure their employees, and requiring insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of their revenue on medical care rather than marketing, administration, and profits. Health insurance marketplaces-known as exchanges-will open this week (regardless of a federal government shutdown) and begin providing previously uninsured Americans access to affordable health plans.

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[emphasis in original]

Next, on the Faux News Channel, Democratic Party intransigence on the budget showdown forces Santa to cancel Christmas.  

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 253

H R 1363      YEA-AND-NAY      9-Apr-2011      12:40 AM

     QUESTION:  On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment

     BILL TITLE: Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes

YEAS    348

Akin

Carnahan

Clay

Emerson

Graves (MO)

Hartzler

Luetkemeyer

NAYS    70

Long

NOT VOTING    14

Cleaver

Digby:

…I’m going to move into my car, empty out my bank account and give the money to a rich person so he’ll win the future for me. Isn’t that what all responsible families are doing right now?

Via Twitter:

@clairecmc Claire McCaskill

Compromise. That wasn’t so bad was it? 6 hours ago

@MBersin Michael Bersin

@clairecmc If only republicans would ever try it. | “Compromise. That wasn’t so bad was it?” #Mo 6 hours ago

@clairecmc

Mike, we shifted cuts to the Pentagon and mandatory spending and saved Title X. No one is thrilled, but it’s called compromise. 6 hours ago