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U.S. Government Shutdown Very Likely

by Susan Sun Nunamaker · February 8, 2018

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Senate leaders labored all day to move forward on a bipartisan funding bill to keep the government running, while the House of Representatives waited to cast its own vote. The 652 page bill provides more military spending, as well as funding for community health centers and disaster relief, but leaves some worried about adding to the debt. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff for the details, below:

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took to the Senate floor to criticize a spending bill that he says adds billions of dollars to the US deficit without debating amendments to the bill. He stated that he will continue to object to the immediate vote of the bill unless the Senate had a chance to reduce the spending in the budget deal. The budget deal has a boost for defense spending of over $160 billion over the next two years and for non-defense $130 billion increase and nearly $90 billion disaster aids for last year’s hurricanes, wild fires, etc. More than 2/3 of the bill’s spending is unpaid for. Senate leaders have no plans to give Paul a vote on his amendment ( Paul’s amendment deals with restoring budget caps or not suspending the debt ceiling or some combination of those two ideas, according to a GOP senator.) so that means a shutdown, for at least some period of time, even though the votes are there in the Senate to pass the deal. Another hurdle that is confronting the bill is awaiting in the House: Democratic Minority leader Nancy Pelosi also will not vote for the bill unless House Speaker Paul Ryan can guarantee a vote on the protection of DACA recipients brought to USA illegally as children.

This bill raises the maximum spending amount and it has a continuing resolution or one last short term funding bill that would go to March 23, 2018.

At about 4 hours away from the government shutdown (midnight on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018). The outcome of this battle will most likely to be determined in the dark.

More reporting on the government shutdown by MSNBC, below, with Chris Matthews at Hardball:

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I am a mother/wife/daughter, math professor, solar advocate, world traveler, yogi, artist, photographer, sharer of knowledge/information, and resident of Windermere, FL. I've worked professionally in applied math, engineering, medical research, and as a university math professor in IL and FL for about 20 years. My husband and I loved Disney and moved down to Central Florida initially as snowbirds. But we've come to love the warmth and friendly people offered by this community and decided to move down to Windermere, FL full time in 2006. I am now spending time sharing information/ knowledge online, promoting understanding of math and solar energy (via http://www.sunisthefuture.net ), and developing Windermere Sun (http://www.WindermereSun.com) as an online publication, sharing and promoting Community ABC's (Activities-Businesses-Collaborations) for healthier/happier/more sustainable living. In the following posts, I'll be sharing with you some of the reasons why Windermere has attracted us to become full-time residents of Central Florida region. Please feel free to leave your comments via email at "Contact Us" in the topbar above or via [email protected] ~Let's help one another~ Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker Founder/Owner/Editor/Producer of Windermere Sun email: [email protected] Twitter: @WindermereSun

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