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White House Orders Government Shutdown To Go Ahead
cbslocal.com ^ | October 1, 2013

Posted on 09/30/2013 9:13:05 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

The White House’s 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 Obama’s 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, “That’s not going to happen,” CBS News reported.

“The American people don’t want a shutdown and neither do I,” he said before Monday night’s vote. But, he added, the new health care law “is having a devastating impact. … Something has to be done.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; deathpanels; eaglesup; endoftheworld; obamacare; shutdown; zerocare
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To: dandiegirl; Catsrus

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.)


21 posted on 09/30/2013 9:26:08 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: MetalHeadConservative35

Why sugar coat it?


22 posted on 09/30/2013 9:26:20 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

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.


23 posted on 09/30/2013 9:27:51 PM PDT by NYRepublican72
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To: Tailgunner Joe

O still, my beating heart! Pity we can’t fire the media too.


24 posted on 09/30/2013 9:29:18 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Salvation

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...


25 posted on 09/30/2013 9:31:40 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (We the People sent you to DEFUND it, not defend or delay it!)
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To: untwist
Krauthammer on Fox just said GOP is out of ideas and now has to plan its surrender. Sorry, Charlie! Time to buckle down is now! Carry this to the debt limit fight. The country really is at stake here.

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.

26 posted on 09/30/2013 9:31:46 PM PDT by NYRepublican72
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To: EternalVigilance

Much better than what I posted. LOL!


27 posted on 09/30/2013 9:40:06 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: NYRepublican72

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.


28 posted on 09/30/2013 9:41:46 PM PDT by untwist (One Bad-Assed Mistake, America!)
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To: EternalVigilance

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.


29 posted on 09/30/2013 9:43:45 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Kim Jong Un won't have a single "bad underwear day" unless/until we've a patriot in the White House)
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To: untwist

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.


30 posted on 09/30/2013 9:46:42 PM PDT by NYRepublican72
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To: bravo whiskey

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.


31 posted on 09/30/2013 9:47:20 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: NYRepublican72

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.”


32 posted on 09/30/2013 9:54:13 PM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
White House Orders Government Shutdown

Finally, the "news" media speak the truth!!!!

33 posted on 09/30/2013 9:57:31 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Just punch whitey in the face and steal his phone.


34 posted on 09/30/2013 10:00:59 PM PDT by funfan
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To: NYRepublican72

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.


35 posted on 09/30/2013 10:01:37 PM PDT by untwist (One Bad-Assed Mistake, America!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Can we lock the White House to the Obamas and open it again to the owners?


36 posted on 09/30/2013 10:03:28 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

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.


37 posted on 09/30/2013 10:04:28 PM PDT by funfan
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To: untwist

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.


38 posted on 09/30/2013 10:06:02 PM PDT by NYRepublican72
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To: Salvation; RoosterRedux
"Turn off the lights."

---------------------------->

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!

39 posted on 09/30/2013 10:25:54 PM PDT by hummingbird (Don't be afraid of the big words.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Does this mean that Mooche will have to do her own hair?


40 posted on 09/30/2013 11:33:09 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight (TEA baby! Let's roll!)
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