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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OH NO!!! we’re all going to die
Turn off the lights.
i have to pinch myself. is it really true?
Government is shutdown? So when nobody is looking can we change the locks and keep the keys away from the libs and RINOs?
I have to wonder how many people would actually notice if the federal goobermint “shuts down” but for the media hyping it?
Seriously I can’t think of more than 3-4% of it worth keeping.
Eat it king obama, just F****** eat it.
I really thought Boehner would cave. I’m glad I was wrong.
Government is shutdown. For the moment destruction of the USA is on hold.
“Government is shutdown. For the moment destruction of the USA is on hold.”
Praise be to God!
Guess BO can use this vacay to get some more golf in. The Mooch and princesses can take a little trip.
Bammy is always the Dicktater.
Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats, living together! Mass hysteria!
Dickater alright...
LOL!
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.
Oh no. My obamaphone is not working. What will I do?
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