Shutdown Deadline Looms, Court Targets Obamacare

Funding for about one-quarter of the federal government -- including the Homeland Security, Treasury, and State departments, and the EPA -- will run out at midnight Friday unless a new spending deal is enacted before then. On this episode of "Suspending the Rules," Bloomberg Government budget and appropriations reporter Jack Fitzpatrick and deputy news director Loren Duggan look at the latest appropriations state of play. Last Friday, a federal court judge in Texas ruled that the Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional. In the second segment, BGOV senior health policy reporter Alex Ruoff breaks down the immediate implications and the reactions from Capitol Hill and the White House. Hosts: Adam M. Taylor, Danielle Parnass. Engineer: Nico Anzalotta.