Posted on 09/30/2013 9:13:05 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
The White Houses budget office has notified federal agencies that the government is shutting down Tuesday, after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on a temporary spending plan.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said late Monday in a memorandum to agency heads that there was no indication Congress would approve a short-term funding measure before the midnight deadline. She said federal agencies should execute their plans for an orderly shutdown.
The deadline for a shutdown came and went at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, after a lengthy battle between the Republican-controlled U.S. House and Democrat-controlled Senate. The House demanded a one-year delay in President Barack Obamas Affordable Care Act, and an elimination of the tax on medical devices, as part of the budget agreement.
The Senate and President Barack Obama refused three times Monday to consent to the agreement. Neither side would budge, even late into the night.
Asked whether the House could vote any time Monday on a spending bill without the Obamacare amendments, Boehner said, Thats not going to happen, CBS News reported.
The American people dont want a shutdown and neither do I, he said before Monday nights vote. But, he added, the new health care law is having a devastating impact.
Something has to be done.
(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...
i’m going to have to call my rep tommorrow (leftist lofty lofgren) and give her congratulations on the shutdown just to see if anyone answers. (i really hope they don’t.)
Why sugar coat it?
I love how Harry Reid’s first order of business after this “eeeeeeeevil Republican” shutdown started was to adjourn the Senate for the night.
Dingy Harry really cares about them American peoples.
O still, my beating heart! Pity we can’t fire the media too.
Shut off the EBT cards.
Shut off the funds to Planned Parenthood.
Shut down the EPA.
Shut down the Education Dept.
Shut down the Energy Dept.
Shut down the unconstitutional entitlement programs.
Maybe this briar patch ain’t so bad after all...
Surrender? The House should listen to every DNC shrill tomorrow about how the eeeeeeeevil Republican plan has shut down X,Y and Z Then they should pass specific continuing resolutions to fund Interior for the National Parks, Energy for whatever and just leave the IRS and HHS defunded for Obamacare. The IRS could be defunded well into the next century and most Americans won't care.
Dare Dirty Harry and President Zero to say no. We'll see who is shutting down the government then.
Much better than what I posted. LOL!
He is now saying they need to move on from the defund and delay to the debt ceiling. I think that if they continue the cave-in we are seeing then we will see the democrats steamroll over us on the spending and in next year’s election. The only good thing that may come out of it is that we have a dead elephant and can sooner start building a new elephant with real conservative leadership. The donkeys won’t fail to default us and kill themselves politically at some point.
Some Democrap jackwagon on the House Floor just now was shouting even better than Michael Savage when he gets mad. It was highly entertaining. It is the complete end of the world for these people that their bloated Federal Government has been shut down. They are going to be spending an hour removing that spit from the House floor microphone. Sheesh.
Delay is fine. Let Obama run on Obamacare next year. His party will either run far, far away from that garbage piece of legislation or get decimated in the midterms.
Lions and tigers and bears! Oh, my!
I’m trying to watch my diet. It’s all I can do not to go buy some ice cream to celebrate.
pass specific continuing resolutions to fund Interior for the National Parks, Energy...Just defund both of them,too. Sell Interior’s land to private entities and tell Energy “For all the years we have had you, you never built one Nuke plant nor drilled a damn well. Hit the pike.”
Finally, the "news" media speak the truth!!!!
Just punch whitey in the face and steal his phone.
Sounds like Boehner was already in surrender mode tonight. If he does surrender then it is a sure meltdown for the GOP and very hard to unite for a strong mid-term. We need a couple hundred Cruz’ and Lee’s to win the long-tem war of attrition. We can still do it but I am very dubious of Boehner.
Can we lock the White House to the Obamas and open it again to the owners?
I wish he were Howard Beal and the rest of the Democrats for that matter and we all know what happened to Howard Beal.
Funny that movie was about corruption in the media too.
We’ll see in a few minutes.
It’s too bad Cruz isn’t the Speaker of the House. He’d be bludgeoning Dirty Harry right now.
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Preppers are ready for anything.
Batteries, check.
Candles, check.
Freeze dried foods, check.
Pool Shark, check. (tiny amounts in water makes water safe to drink-or so I have been told).
Gasoline for cars and generators, check.
Bike tires inflated and bike in good shape - if EMP strike were to happen, cars electronics would render most cars undriveable - hence the bikes!)
Water, check.
Propane, check.
Items for self defense or for hunting, not checked - I guess pepper spray or a kick to the groin will have to do for now.
Mess kit, not checked yet.
Coleman lantern, not checked yet. (I'm starting to feel antsy about these "not checked" items.)
RX for Mr. h, for me, and for dogs, check. OTC medicines/items for various contingencies (gauze, bandages, aspirin, check.
Most recent Key Map with various routes out of city highlighted - not checked yet - I better get on this - how much time do we have until society crumbles like the crumbles on an apple crumble pie?
Some good reading, check.
Clothes & shoes, check.
Sleeping bag - not checked yet.
If the Internet goes completely dark tomorrow, we won't know if its the Internet going down because of EMP/Internet shut down by.....TPTB/or if a cable got jostled and its just "operator error".
So, if it looks like the Internet has gone dark, check for the usual "operator errors" and, for heaven's sake, make sure you have your computer plugged in. People, don't get all hysterical until you go through all the OE's you know.
Happy First Day of the Shutdown!
I think I'll sleep in a little bit, take care of dogs, have a little decaf, read, take care of housewifery chores, etc.
Take care, y'all!
Does this mean that Mooche will have to do her own hair?
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