Will the US Government shutdown in 2 + weeks?

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Will the US Government shutdown in 2 + weeks?

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kenneth1 in Politics » United States
Settled on 03/17/2011 19:55 Settled by

hfl13

Winning option: No a three week CR
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51501.html

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Yes

Background

Now it looks like Government will not shut down on Friday, as
is reported here --
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CONGRESS_SPENDING?SITE=MDFRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-01-19-54-36
which says in part --
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House passed emergency short-term legislation Tuesday to cut federal spending by $4 billion and avert a government shutdown. Senate Democrats agreed to follow suit, handing Republicans an early victory in their drive to rein in government.

The bill that cleared the House on a bipartisan vote of 335-91 eliminates the threat of a shutdown on March 4, when existing funding authority expires. At the same time, it creates a compressed two-week timeframe for the White House and lawmakers to engage in what looms as a highly contentious negotiation on a follow-up bill to set spending levels through the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year.

This question then is will the government shutdown on the 18th of March?

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03/16/2011 23:47

hfl13

http://www.rollcall.com/news/-204121-1.html

03/03/2011 23:19

hfl13

Can you fix the budget? I did have a surplus of 408,5 billion & safe social security in 2015. Try it yorself & have fun slashing the budget.
http://public-consultation.org/exercise/
Results at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/03/deficit-public-sentiment_n_830986.html

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