Congress has until midnight tonight to avoid America’s first government shutdown in nearly two decades, but it’s not looking good. Make no mistake, this is about crushing Obamacare. Tonight on The Ed Show at 5pET (4pCT/3pMT/2pPT), Ed Schultz explains why Democrats need to stand firm.
Congress has until midnight tonight to avoid America’s first government shutdown in nearly two decades, but it’s not looking good. Make no mistake, this is about crushing Obamacare.
Tonight on The Ed Show at 5pET (4pCT/3pMT/2pPT), live from Minneapolis on MSNBC, Ed Schultz explains why Democrats need to stand firm.
And of course, Ed will answer your questions.
Here’s tonight’s guest list:
- Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)

National Park Service employees close down the Washington Monument in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, as a government shutdown looms. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
- Eugene Robinson, MSNBC Analyst and Associate Editor and Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the Washington Post
- Clarence Page, columnist, Chicago Tribune
- Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Editor and Publisher of The Nation
- Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology at Georgetown university and author of “Can You Hear Me Now?”
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