Crossfire Live Blog Sept. 20, 2013

Matt Kibbe, who supports defunding Obamacare, and Neera Tanden, who supports the law, join hosts Newt Gingrich and Stephanie Cutter to discuss the controversial healthcare reform law in the center of the shutdown debate.

3rd & 7 37yd

Disagree, w/ @neeratanden what is holding the economy hostage is #ObamaCare , not Republicans. @CrossFireCNN #Crossfirereturns

by FreedomWorks via twitter 9/20/2013 10:34:56 PM
.@Neeratanden talks the vote to defund #Obamacare : "Move on! That is what the American people are saying. Move on!" #CrossfireReturns

by Crossfire via twitter 9/20/2013 10:35:08 PM
@Neeratanden "Holding the gov't hostage and holding the economy hostage" to whims of the #GOP base against #Obamacare #CrossfireReturns

by Cheshire Khan via twitter 9/20/2013 10:35:11 PM
Watching #Crossfire
It's getting pretty intense

by Edgar Gonzalez via twitter retweeted by CrossfireCNN 9/20/2013 10:35:59 PM
If the American people believed in this bill we would not be arguing.

by Cby 9/20/2013 10:36:06 PM
On Obamacare @neeratanden calls out @newtgingrich and GOP for long supporting individual mandate. @crossfirecnn #crossfirereturns

by LindsayHams via twitter retweeted by CrossfireCNN 9/20/2013 10:36:17 PM
"The president himself has delayed at least 20 provisions of the law." @Mkibbe @CrossFireCNN #CrossfireReturns

by FreedomWorks via twitter 9/20/2013 10:36:23 PM
"Crossfire" on CNN is so entertaining. It's any political junkie's daily dose of good and heated debate. #CNN #tv

by hugosaysgo via twitter 9/20/2013 10:36:27 PM
Seriously? IRS is going to verify Healthcare? They can not even administer Taxes! #crossfirereturns

by Nancy 9/20/2013 10:36:31 PM
.@mkibbe on rolling out #Obamacare : "So, we should implement it to see what is in it? I have heard this before." #CrossfireReturns

by Crossfire via twitter 9/20/2013 10:36:39 PM
by Lindsey MacNabb, CNN on Sep 20, 2013 at 2:12 PM

by Lindsey MacNabb, CNN 9/20/2013 10:36:57 PM
@neeratanden : On #Obamacare "Let's see how it works" & "get back to the budget; we're talking about the budget" #CrossfireReturns

by Cheshire Khan via twitter 9/20/2013 10:37:36 PM
Insurance is the major problem for the government.

by Mark 9/20/2013 10:37:41 PM
The American people are too ignorant and misinformed on Obamacare to give a trustworthy opinion on it. #CrossfireReturns

by Otaku2012 via twitter 9/20/2013 10:38:10 PM
Are the Republicans shutting down the government or is the President?

by Al 9/20/2013 10:38:21 PM
Otaka, I disagree, we are very informed.

by Mark 9/20/2013 10:38:36 PM
what is the Republican plan to cover the 30 million people that do not have healthcare in America? #crossfirereturns

by seangraf via twitter 9/20/2013 10:38:41 PM
Oh and if the government shuts down well, have the feds ever passed a budget since 2008?

by Cby 9/20/2013 10:38:50 PM
@newtgingrich fails to see that many Congressional districts are gerrymandered to favor Republicans #crossfirereturns

by seangraf via twitter 9/20/2013 10:39:15 PM
Why are we blaming Republicans, we should blame Democrats. They are the ones who run the Senate.

by Mark 9/20/2013 10:39:20 PM
.@neeratanden is crushing it on @crossfirecnn . Rightly points out where the indiv mandate came from (hint: R's) #crossfirereturns

by dgibber123 via twitter 9/20/2013 10:39:33 PM
I knew it was wrong to re-elect Obama

by Mark 9/20/2013 10:39:39 PM
Amen Newt, 2014, clean House & the Senate. Clean out anyone who voted for Obama's destruction of healthcare. #crossfireturns

by Nancy 9/20/2013 10:39:54 PM
#Obamamacare we have a similar legislation in all the European Countries why America is an exception? #crossfireReturns

by Orbis Tertius via twitter 9/20/2013 10:39:57 PM
@crossfirecnn #crossfirereturns WHO is already benefiting from #Obamacare already?? Let's hear the ave working #American great experiences

by christywilcoxTV via twitter 9/20/2013 10:40:17 PM
@newtgingrich : defends House vote to defund #Obamacare as a means to continue promise by #GOP reps to their constituents #CrossfireReturns

by Cheshire Khan via twitter 9/20/2013 10:40:27 PM
Americans are always under threat of bankruptcy if they get sick. That's what's sick about our system. @CrossfireCNN

by proinfrastruct via twitter 9/20/2013 10:40:35 PM
@mkibbe @CrossfireCNN you guys having been polling the areas I've been in Obamacare is working! My mom is a testament to it! Sit down ha!

by DBXXL1 via twitter 9/20/2013 10:41:06 PM
@crossfirecnn - I support Obamacare - tell NewtGingrich he's wrong.

by CherokeeNative via twitter 9/20/2013 10:41:15 PM
@CrossfireCNN We the American People do not need to know how it works... that is not the role of the people... only to follow it.

by cotsdi via twitter 9/20/2013 10:41:18 PM
I for one am not for government shutdown, but I am in for hewalthcare.

by Mark 9/20/2013 10:41:35 PM
Does anyone have a chart on the rate of inflation vs rate of healthcare costs? If so, please feel free to DT #CrossfireReturns

by Cheshire Khan via twitter 9/20/2013 10:41:59 PM
Next on Crossfire- @stefcutter : We've seen shutdowns before...People could get hurt. #Crossfirereturns after the break.

by Crossfire via twitter 9/20/2013 10:42:15 PM
I do not support Obamacare, to many limitations.

by Mark 9/20/2013 10:42:21 PM
President Obama has been debating #Obamacare since DAY ONE. He's done enough debating. This is now law, so get over it. #CrossfireReturns

by Otaku2012 via twitter 9/20/2013 10:42:37 PM
Blame? You mean credit? Shut it down @CrossfireCNN : If the government shuts down, which party deserves the blame? #CrossfireReturns

by rgesl via twitter 9/20/2013 10:43:06 PM
Obama has done way to many things wrong, Obama care, plus can I bring up Syria

by Mark 9/20/2013 10:43:35 PM
@CrossfireCNN republicans will be blamed for having a tantrum at the cost of the American public. You've already destroyed the economy ha!

by DBXXL1 via twitter 9/20/2013 10:43:59 PM
@OrbisTertius3 We are not Socialist countries, it is just a question of extending health insurance to everyone... #CrossfireReturns

by Orbis Tertius via twitter 9/20/2013 10:44:40 PM
@newtgingrich @CrossfireCNN #CrossfireReturns They're FULL OF IT. My deductibles have doubled! It is a dysfunctional law & Obama knows it!

by FLNJItalia312 via twitter 9/20/2013 10:44:49 PM
On @crossfirecnn @neertanden is right - Prez debated Obamacare and won. Did the right forget 2012 so soon? #crossfirereturns

by LindsayHams via twitter 9/20/2013 10:44:51 PM
I blame progressives from both parties.

by Alvin 9/20/2013 10:44:55 PM
@newtgingrich @CrossfireCNN What about Cleveland Clinic? Ask them how Ocare is projecting? Cutting $300M next year and laying off thousands.

by Rightwing47 via twitter 9/20/2013 10:45:10 PM
if this is so good why has Obama given the fed exemption and why have the Unions who wanted it back in 2009 want exemptions now? Gotta pass the bill before we read, Pelosi says. Seems the highest lay of the land didnt read it himself! What fools!

by Cby 9/20/2013 10:45:18 PM
The law has been passed. It needs to be funded. No law is perfect, but we have to start somewhere to give Americans what almost all other civilized societies believe is a right. Stop all the hostage-holding and leave the Act alone!

by CL 9/20/2013 10:45:24 PM

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Newt Gingrich

Author, documentary filmmaker, historian, Speaker of the House (1995-1999), and 2012 Republican presidential candidate

Stephanie Cutter

Fmr. Obama Deputy Campaign Mgr. and W.H. Sr. Adviser, founder of Precision Strategies, fmr. Sr. Adviser to Maj. Leader Reid and Sen. Kennedy

S.E. Cupp

Conservative columnist for New York Daily News, contributing editor at Townhall Magazine, commentator and author

Van Jones

Former Special Adviser for Green Jobs under President Obama, co-founder of Rebuild the Dream, author and attorney

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