Government Shutdown?

[Dana-Mića 51]

wait why is the government shutting down?

[pushbrk 12,092]

wait why is the government shutting down?

Front page news on any internet news website. It's a possibility, not yet a reality.

[thaiv 15]

I heard these threats actually have happened quite often when Republicans and Democrats stalemate but in the end the government does not shut down.

[Timberline 0]

I heard these threats actually have happened quite often when Republicans and Democrats stalemate but in the end the government does not shut down.

Thank you ... i do hope not. It's been a long wait already

[thaiv 15]

Yea about a month ago these rumors were going around but nothing happened.

[yankeesfan 0]

I thought uscis is funded through applications fee's how can they shut it down?? this is shear stupidity if they do.

[Jay_Erin 0]

Oh gosh, what a mess. They are already playing with our lives ... won't someone please give us a break

I was just thinking the same thing.

They are very quick to cash checks but yet when people need something it tends to take forever and a day.

Then again, I'm just venting a bit.

[filetitan 0]

This explains why we haven't received our green card yet. Been over 6 weeks already and still nothing in the mail!!

[bogart 3]

I was just thinking the same thing.

They are very quick to cash checks but yet when people need something it tends to take forever and a day.

Then again, I'm just venting a bit.

Keep in mind they receive thousands and thousands of applications.

Getting a green card within 5 or 6 months which is the average wait is not so bad, knowing they have tons of workload..

[mishab 1]

Thank President Obama for this mess and remember 4/18 taxes are due, so he can start another war.

[james&olya 1,121]

Keep in mind they receive thousands and thousands of applications.

Getting a green card within 5 or 6 months which is the average wait is not so bad, knowing they have tons of workload..

And they get thousands and thousands of checks, millions and millions of dollars!

[Kevmach 2]

Oh gosh, what a mess. They are already playing with our lives ... won't someone please give us a break

Vote and don't vote GOP then.

They are the most anti immigration party in the history of America!

[Kevmach 2]

Thank President Obama for this mess and remember 4/18 taxes are due, so he can start another war.

He's NOT responsible for shutting it down.

He offered concessions to the GOP and they said All or Nothing.

The GOP is doing a power play to try and get Obama out in 2012 and they are proposing cutting budgets to

social services including Medicare childrens health services and many more.

Speaker John Boehner and a majority of his GOP counterparts have said their priority is to avert a shutdown,

but more than a few in his caucus have told him that he needs to project a tougher line to win as many concessions as possible.

The $33 billion agreement that seemed inevitable last week may now have fizzled under pressure from the GOP's right flank,

including Michele Bachmann, to push for more cuts.

Boehner is demanding more in cuts now, and even his one-week CR has $12 billion in additional cuts.

Democrats, say Boehner agreed in private to the $33 billion figure, and so they need to hold firm on this

issue so they don't get rolled on bigger votes down the road.

Like the debt ceiling showdown (May or early June) or the Fiscal 2012 budget (a must-pass bill by September 30).

GOP btw is anti immigration which was one reason why I left the party.

[pushbrk 12,092]

Just reminding everybody that the government hasn't shut down. We're approaching is it the third or fourth such deadline in the past couple months. No need to panic.

[Neonred 3,444]

He's NOT responsible for shutting it down.

He offered concessions to the GOP and they said All or Nothing.

The GOP is doing a power play to try and get Obama out in 2012 and they are proposing cutting budgets to

social services including Medicare childrens health services and many more.

Speaker John Boehner and a majority of his GOP counterparts have said their priority is to avert a shutdown,

but more than a few in his caucus have told him that he needs to project a tougher line to win as many concessions as possible.

The $33 billion agreement that seemed inevitable last week may now have fizzled under pressure from the GOP's right flank,

including Michele Bachmann, to push for more cuts.

Boehner is demanding more in cuts now, and even his one-week CR has $12 billion in additional cuts.

Democrats, say Boehner agreed in private to the $33 billion figure, and so they need to hold firm on this

issue so they don't get rolled on bigger votes down the road.

Like the debt ceiling showdown (May or early June) or the Fiscal 2012 budget (a must-pass bill by September 30).

GOP btw is anti immigration which was one reason why I left the party.

We can see you are in favor of the government spending trillions more each year than they have. Now that is responsibility!

Edited April 6, 2011 by Neonred