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Eight Hundred Days Without A Budget

A new milestone in Democrat Party governance is reached.
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The House refused to pass a budget that includes funding for Obamacare, so there will be no budget.  Most of the budget process is just a waste anyway, since there has been no budget for 2 years.  Most funding of programs is determined by law and Congress has no say in the annual increases to entitlement programs.  Changing those laws would also require a compromise in the Congress, so that aint gonna happen either. 

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/...rnment-Shutdowns.htm


How a Government Shutdown Might Affect You

As directed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the federal agencies now maintain contingency plans for dealing with government shutdowns. The emphasis of those plans is to determine which functions should continue. Most notably, the Department of Homeland Security and its Transportation Security Administration (TSA) did not exist in 1995 when the last long-term government shutdown took place. Due to the critical nature of their function, it is highly likely that the TSA would continue to function normally during a government shutdown.

Based on history, here is how a long-term government shutdown might impact some government-provided public services.

    Social Security: Benefit checks would probably keep coming, but no new applications would be accepted or processed.

    Income Tax: The IRS will probably stop processing paper tax returns and refunds.

    Border Patrol: Customs and Border Patrol functions will probably continue.

    Welfare: Again, the checks would probably continue, but new applications for Food Stamps might not be processed.

    Mail: The U.S. Postal Service supports itself, so mail deliveries would continue as usual.

    National Defense: All active duty members of all branches of all armed services would continue duty as usual, but might not get paid on time. More than half of the Defense Department's 860,000+ civilian employees would also work, the others sent home.

    Justice System: Federal courts should remain open. Criminals will still be chased, caught, prosecuted and thrown in federal prisons, which would still be operating.

    Farms/USDA: Food safety inspections will probably continue, but rural development, and farm credit and loan programs will probably close down.

    Transportation: Air traffic control, TSA security personnel, and the Coast Guard will remain on the job. Applications for passports and visas may not be processed.

    National Parks/Tourism: Parks and forests will probably close and visitors told to leave. Visitor and interpretive centers will be closed. Non-volunteer rescue and fire control services might be shut down. National monuments and most historic sites will probably be closed. Parks police will probably continue their patrols.

Originally Posted by Mr.Dittohead:

The House refused to pass a budget that includes funding for Obamacare, so there will be no budget.  Most of the budget process is just a waste anyway, since there has been no budget for 2 years.  Most funding of programs is determined by law and Congress has no say in the annual increases to entitlement programs.  Changing those laws would also require a compromise in the Congress, so that aint gonna happen either. 

 

Your Democrats should have took the time they took on Cap and Trade and on the MASSIVE Obama Care, and spent it on a Budget when you had control of both houses.

Now we have a Crises. Completely complements of the Democrats.

Skippy

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