Showing posts with label Government shut down. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Government shut down. Show all posts

October 10, 2013

We wouldn't want them to get fat and LAZY?!?

Congressional Perks Deemed Essential During Government Shutdown While Public Sacrifices


Posted:   |  Updated: 10/09/2013 4:54 pm EDT



WASHINGTON -- Around the country, furloughed federal workers are wondering how they're going to pay their bills while they wait for the government to reopen. Businesses that rely on tourists are taking a hit due to shuttered national parks. And scientists conducting groundbreaking research have had to put the brakes on their work.

October 1, 2013

WNYT

Obama: Shutdown is result of ideological crusade

Posted at: 10/01/2013 5:35 PM
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President Barack Obama addresses the nation on the government shutdown, Tuesday afternoon.
 
NBC News
(AP) WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says House Republicans have shut down the federal government over an "ideological crusade" against his health care law.