John Hickenlooper on what it would take to get his vote to end the federal government’s shutdown

The federal government shut down Wednesday after Congress failed to pass funding legislation, with Republicans and Democrats at a stalemate over restoring health care funding cut by the GOP over the summer.

Some of the effects in Colorado will be felt immediately. There are nearly 55,000 federal workers in the state, some of whom will be furloughed and others, like those employed by the Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Postal Service, who will have to work without pay.

Other impacts will take longer to notice, as services get pared back at national parks and staffing for social safety net programs is limited.

We caught up with U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, a Colorado Democrat, on Tuesday before the shutdown began to find out what it will take to end the impasse, the political