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GOP threat of a government shutdown: real or empty?

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Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and The Guardian’s Ana Marie Cox debate whether Republicans have a “hole in their head” and seriously think holding the debt ceiling hostage won’t have the same adverse effects – for them and the nation – as it did in 2011; then Secretary Reich explains if banks are paying a fair price in settlements over foreclosure and mortgage abuses.