Shutdown Near With No Sign of Compromise - NYTimes.com
“We have an agreement on the cuts and savings, and that agreement includes a historic level of cuts,” Mr. Reid said on the Senate floor. “But now the Tea Party is trying to sneak through its extreme social agenda — issues that have nothing to do with funding the government. They are willing to throw women under the bus, even if it means they’ll shut down the government.” Senator Barbara Mikulski, Democrat of Maryland, was even more caustic in blaming the Republicans for the impasse, telling reporters, “If you can find an adult over there, I’m happy to meet with ’em.”
