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I guess slashing food stamps just wasn't bad enough...
Less than 24 hours after voting to slash food stamp funding, House Republicans moved on to a full government shut down. On Friday, the US House of Representatives passed their version of a short-term spending resolution, which includes a measure to defund Obamacare. Before the vote, Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell called on Republicans to “wake up from their radical, ideological dream” and oppose the legislation.
Even Senate Republicans have warned their colleagues in the House against tying government funding to Obamacare. On Monday, Senator John McCain said, “Republicans ought to understand that if we shut down the government, Congress always gets blamed – rightly or wrongly – Congress gets blamed. We've seen the movie before. It's just some of them weren't around at the time; I was.”
Of course, the House resolution will be dead on arrival in the Senate, but that didn't stop House Republicans from their 42nd attempt to kill the President's healthcare law. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will strip the Obamacare provision out of the spending bill, and even President Obama has said he would veto any proposal that defunds the healthcare law.
The House bill is nothing more than a political game, which brings our nation closer to the brink of economic disaster. Apparently, House Republicans would rather continue their economic terrorism, even if it means that poor people, the elderly, our veterans, and our entire economy get caught in the crossfire.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Medication Madness and mass shootings (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
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Thursday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Why Conservatives hate Obamacare- David Selig, Selig & Associates 
The Big Picture- Nate Sweet, The Big Picture producer
Quote: "Less government in business and more business in government" - Warren Harding.
Hour Two: Did the populous rebellion tank Larry Summers?- Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio
Plus, Geeky Science - Why do fish swim in schools?
Hour Three: Medication madness and mass shootings- Dr. Peter Breggin, M.D.
Book: Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide, and Crime by Peter R. Breggin.
Book: Younger Brain, Sharper Mind: A 6-Step Plan for Preserving and Improving Memory and Attention at Any Age from America's Brain Doctor by Eric R. Braverman.
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Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Brunch With Bernie- Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your calls
Hour Two: Anything Goes Friday
Hour Three: Anything Goes Friday
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
We'll have the latest news and information from the weekend...
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Thom's Poll
Will the GOP succeed in shutting down the government?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Geeky Science! More proof Democracy is in our genes?
Your Take/My Take - What if women took over the world?
Global warming...Do The Math w/Bill McKibben
Here's a Texas Ad for Rick Perry to Use
The Good - The Bad - And the Very Very Hederaceously Ugly
Politically Corrected - Fox So-Called News Doug McKelway
Did the populous rebellion tank Larry Summers?
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Full Show 9/19/13: Texas: The Conservative Dystopia
Thom talks with Attorney and Radio Host Mike Papantonio on how the left is finally pushing back against Reagan's failed policies, and with Environmentalist Bill McKibben on 350.org's latest climate change documentary, "Do the Math." Thom takes viewer video questions and phone calls in "Your Take, My Take Live," and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses Rick Perry's latest hustle to attract businesses to Texas.
Thom Hartmann on the News: September 19, 2013
Caller: Gun Control Opponents Need to Look at History
Did the Populous Rebellion Tank Larry Summers?
Caller: Antidepressants Don't Turn Everyone into Killers
Medication Madness and Mass Shootings
Caller: What is Wrong With the Republicans?
Why Conservatives Hate Obamacare
Texas: The Conservative Dystopia
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