Sixteen-hundred US military families have gotten the call that they’ve had their loved ones deployed to Iraq, they’re flying those missions right now,” Maddow said. “But Congress? Heading home for another seven week break, because they can’t be bothered to think about that right now. They’ve got more important business to tend to – they’ve …

We’re not going to be disrespected,” conservative Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., added. “We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is. The Shutdown Caucus Explains Itself – Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic Coates can’t add anythng. Neither can I. Read Coates’ colleague Derek Thompson for more.