government shutdown: How the government shutdown will affect the DC Metro Area - 04/08/11 06:47 AM
The countdown continues. As of this writing (1:44pm), it seems that the debate hinges on one thing: funding for Planned Parenthood. Democrats are holding fast to continue giving Federal dollars to the organization and Republicans are holding fast to cut funding for it. A measure to keep the government running for another week, and the Pentagon until September would be vetoed by the President. Not sure I can blame him-- for what? Just to go through this all over again next week? No, for everyone's sake, they need to figure this out now.
But this was not intended to be an ideolgical posting. … (0 comments)