Dave Portnoy talks about his digital empire catering to a young, mostly-male audience that he calls "normal guys," and about blowback from some of his site's "locker-room"-style content.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, one of the eight Senate Democrats who made a deal with Republicans to reopen the government, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "we need to put the shutdown behind us" and "end the circular firing squad." She has faced criticism from fellow Democrats for making a deal with Republicans.
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, the chairman of the Senate health committee, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he is " absolutely in communication" with the White House on a plan to cut health insurance costs ahead of the Senate vote on Affordable Care Act tax credits that Republicans promised Democrats would occur next month.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that drones and flying IEDs are the "threat of humanity's lifetime" as the calls for regulation on drones grow. "I'm pretty optimistic that we will be able to figure out a solution where we will know what is in the sky at every moment across our country, all at once," he added.
GOP Rep. Don Bacon and Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi, both members of the House Problem Solvers Caucus, joined "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" to discuss the vote next month on health care subsidies as promised in the deal to reopen the government. While the Democrats have raised this issue, Bacon said, "the premiums are just going up so much faster than inflation, it's unsustainable … but we can't do a Republican-only fix."
