Durbin: House CR Changes Will Cause Government Shutdown
Durbin thinks that any changes by the House to the Senate continuing resolution would make a government shutdown inevitable.
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Durbin thinks that any changes by the House to the Senate continuing resolution would make a government shutdown inevitable.
Many, including most Senate Republicans, view government shutdown as an unavoidable outcome unless the GOP cedes debate time.
Several senators are once again floating proposals to make the effects of a government shutdown less severe for certain segments of the population, including military personnel.
Republican who pushed the House GOP into adding defunding language to its bill to keep the government funded past Sept. 30, sought to blame Reid, and by extension Democrats, for causing a possible government shutdown
This is a change from the previously announced schedule,” the notice read.
Unable to muster the two-thirds majority needed to pass the three bills under suspension of the rules, House GOP leaders pulled the measures from the floor schedule and announced they will combine
The group said it is unaware of any situations where the Energy Department suggested that a refinery change its outage schedule.
Faced with no alternative to a government shutdown, the measure won the grudging votes of 73 senators and 318 House members, and they’ve spent the past month with fingers crossed that the public won’t
And the Library of Congress will impose four furlough days for its staff, three of which will result in full closures of all library operations — likely the first time since the government shutdown
But he did take time from his schedule as CEO of the Association of American Publishers to do a Q & A with CQ Roll Call. Q.