Minute by Minute update on Government Shut down
Health law challenge threatens government shutdown
By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative challenge to the president’s health care law has the federal government teetering on the brink of a partial shutdown.
https://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BUDGET_BATTLE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-09-29-17-25-58
House Republicans say Dems trying to run out clock on government shutdown
By Julian Pecquet and Molly K. Hooper – 09/29/13 04:22 PM E
Trading in colorful metaphors just hours after sending a spending bill to the Senate, the conservative group, led by Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R-Wash.), accused Democrats of refusing to negotiate. The Senate and President Obama have vowed to reject the Republican’s effort to delay the president’s healthcare law by one year.
Read more: https://thehill.com/component/content/article/325377-house-republicans-say-dems-trying-to-run-out-clock-on-shutdown#ixzz2gMuEjXOv
Republicans toss insults at Harry Reid
By BURGESS EVERETT | 9/29/13 6:03 PM EDT
Washington’s shutdown blame game is already in full force – and the government isn’t even closed yet.
About 20 House Republicans gathered on the steps of the United States Senate on Sunday afternoon, a time usually reserved in the city for watching the Redskins. Instead, tourists gathered to watch Republican after Republican demanding that the Senate come back in session, accusing the Democratic controlled chamber of being “lazy” and Majority Leader Harry Reid of taking his ball and going home rather than negotiating with GOP leadership over the weekend.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/republicans-toss-insults-at-reid-97531.html#ixzz2gMuUIKus
Boehner Attacks Senate ‘Arrogance’ as Deadline Approaches
WASHINGTON–House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) issued a statement blasting Democrats for not reconvening the Senate sooner, in the latest round of recriminations over a rapidly approaching government shutdown.
https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/09/29/boehner-attacks-senate-arrogance-as-deadline-approaches/
ABC’s Jonathan Karl: ‘Chances of a Government Shutdown at 99.9%’
ABC is reporting that it is now almost certain Congress and the White House will not reach an agreement to avoid a government shutdown.
On Sunday’s This Week, ABC’s chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl said, “I would now put the chances of a government shutdown at 99.9 percent”
Read more: https://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/09/29/abc-s-jonathan-karl-chances-government-shutdown-999#ixzz2gMuy2kv1
Wall Street braces for volatility as shutdown seems likely
By Ryan Vlastelica | Reuters – 14 hours ago
By Ryan Vlastelica
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As a last-minute deal to resolve spending negotiations in Washington appeared less likely, U.S. stock investors braced for what had previously seemed remote: a shutdown of the U.S. government that could spark a major equity decline.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/investors-brace-volatility-shutdown-seems-likely-171152244–finance.html