excellent news! Bankrupted Obama Govt face SHUT DOWN!

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpoli...-back-to-white-house-to-try-averting-shutdown

Obama Calls Boehner, Reid Back To White House To Try Averting Shutdown

Categories: Budget, White House, Congress

11:53 am

April 7, 2011


by Frank James
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speak to reporters at the White House, Wednesday, April 6, 2011.
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House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speak to reporters at the White House, Wednesday, April 6, 2011.
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speak to reporters at the White House, Wednesday, April 6, 2011.
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House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speak to reporters at the White House, Wednesday, April 6, 2011.

In the game of chicken (or is it Russian roulette?) that could have as its outcome a partial shutdown of the federal government, President Obama has invited Congress' two top leaders — Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) back to the White House for more negotiations early Thursday afternoon.

The two will return to the White House a little more than 12 hours after they left it without reaching any agreement to bridge the gap between the Democratic and Republican positions.

Aides of the two leaders and the president worked into the wee hours on details of a potential bargain but to no avail. No agreement to avert the first partial shutdown of the federal government in 16 years was reached.


That led Sen. Harry Reid to say on the Senate floor Thursday morning that he was feeling less upbeat than he felt Wednesday. Reid said the sides had neared agreement on the size of spending cuts in any legislation to fund the government for the remainder of fiscal 2011 which ends in September.

The sticking point, Reid said, was more the ideology embodied in the the policy riders that would ban taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood and bar the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing clean air rules.

Reid said:

"... The numbers are basically there. But I am not nearly as optimistic, and that's an understatement as I was 11 hours ago. The numbers are extremely close. Our differences are no longer over how much savings we get from government spending. The only thing, the only thing, holding up an agreement is ideology."

Meanwhile, the Republican-led House took up a another new continuing spending resolution that would fund the federal government for another week, the exception being the military which would be funded for the rest of the year.

That would provide service members with the assurance that they would receive their paychecks without fail.

The legislation would also cut $12 billion in additional money from fiscal year 2011 spending, the current year which ends in September.

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) who opened the Republican side of the debate on the legislation said:

"The time has now come for the hapless liberal Democrats elites in the Senate and the White House to make a decision. It's time to decide between acting responsibly, abandoning favorite political alliances, and continuing their failed big-government policies as a solution to all earthly problems."

The legislation is expected to pass in the House. But the Democratic-controlled Senate and President Obama have said it's a non-starter. Democrats are insisting on a spending bill that funds government activities for the balance of the fiscal year since the government has been operating for more than half a year on a series of short-term spending bills.

Short of that, Reid said he might consider one more short-term spending bill that would give negotiators more time to work out a longer-term deal so long as it was "clean" meaning no spending cuts or policy riders.

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110407/5/2peeh.html

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美國政府要停擺？歐巴馬傷腦筋
中央社 更新日期:"2011/04/07 14:09"

（中央社華盛頓6日綜合外電報導）為了避免政府關門大吉，美國總統歐巴馬今天深夜在白宮召開緊急會議，與國會領袖研商。

針對美國聯邦政府預算刪減案，白宮和國會在8日以前還能協商取得共識。若預算持續無法通過，隔天美國政府恐怕得暫時關閉。

白宮官員說，會議在大約1個半小時後結束。歐巴馬會後表示，會議很具建設性，但談判人員仍必須努力。政府和共和黨在預算刪減案上的歧見已經縮小，但仍須需要徹夜緊急協商。

與會人士包括副總統拜登（Joe Biden）、眾議院共和黨領袖貝納（John Boehner），以及參議院民主黨領袖瑞德（Harry Reid）。

歐巴馬先前曾要共和黨「停止玩遊戲」，他說：「我不願見到政治當道，阻礙美國進步。」共和黨則說他缺乏領導能力。

歐巴馬也提到最近讓美國景氣燃起希望的就業報告，並警告政府停擺將對經濟造成相當嚴重的後果。

「企業討厭不確定。倘若政府突然停擺，很可能當我們需要加足馬力，力求成長的此刻，卻反而後繼無力。而這一切都是政治因素所造成。」

共和黨和民主黨都說希望避免政府關門，若萬一事與願違，數以萬計的聯邦公務員將領不到薪水，並影響上千家與聯邦政府締結契約的企業。

美國政府今天仍在思索，若是國會沒有通過預算案，導致部分政府必須關門，該如何解決。這也將是1995-96年柯林頓執政時期以來，再度面臨如此高度政治色彩的預算案之爭。

根據國會研究處（CRS）報告，1995年11月當時政府關門5天，導致80萬名公務人員暫時遭到資遣。

政府第2次關門是1995年12月15日至隔年1月6日，整整21天，為史上之最。28萬4000名公務員失業，47萬5000人無薪工作。

政府高階官員今天表示，儘管政府結構不同，但這次影響人數大致與1995年的「80萬人相去不遠」。

官員指出，其他受影響的服務包括：

※小型企業署（Small Business Administration）的借貸與擔保中止。

※國家公園、名勝古蹟和華府的史密森尼博物館（Smithsonian）關閉。

※許多退稅暫延，但徵稅不受影響。

※簽證和辦護照可能延遲。

※美國聯邦住房管理局（FHA）中止房貸擔保，可能拖延房屋買賣。

※美國國家衛生研究院（National Institutes of Health）無法開始新臨床試驗，或接收新病患研究。

※華府本週末預定的「櫻花季」遊行將取消。

軍隊、邊境管理、空中運輸管制，和聯邦監獄等「必要」服務會持續。

高階官員說，包括14萬名在伊拉克與阿富汗服役的士兵在內，美軍「這段期間仍給薪，但因為我們沒有錢，所以直到國會同意（預算案）之前，他們不會收到薪水支票... 一旦有錢就會付給他們」。

情報機構高層表示，一旦聯邦政府關閉，美國中央情報局（CIA）、聯邦調查局（FBI）和其他情報機構可能打算讓重要員工休假。

數名國家安全和反恐官員表示，如果國會和白宮未能在預算案達成協議，繼續資助聯邦調查機構，這些機構備有周密的休假計畫。情報機構打算讓執行「非必要」工作的員工休假。

中情局局潘內達（Leon Panetta）在寄給員工的內部消息中說：「不管發生何事，中情局絕不會停止承擔我們對國家的責任。」

聯邦調查局局長穆勒（Robert Mueller）表示，預期聯邦調查局也會受停工影響，但必要工作還是會持續進行。（譯者：中央社戴雅真）1000407

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http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC110408-0000364/As-Congress-bickers,-US-government-shutdown-looms

As Congress bickers, US government shutdown looms
04:46 AM Apr 08, 2011
WASHINGTON - Republicans in the United States Congress battling with President Barack Obama (picture) over budget cuts planned to hold a House vote yesterday on a one-week law to avoid a government shutdown, despite opposition from the White House and Senate Democrats pressing for a longer-term solution.

The deadline: Midnight tonight (Washington time).

At issue is a legislation needed to keep the day-to-day operations of federal agencies going through the Sept 30 end of the budget year.

A Democratic-led Congress had failed to complete the spending bills last year, setting the stage for Republicans assuming power in the House in January to pass a measure with US$61 billion (S$76.9 billion) in cuts.

That new measure was rejected in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Yesterday, after slower-than-hoped White House talks, Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio moved to pass an interim budget measure.

The plan that would keep the government open for another week, extract US$12 billion in reductions to spending and fully finance the Pentagon through to Sept 30.

Mr Boehner's move appeared aimed at shifting political blame if a shutdown occurs.

Earlier, both sides emerged from Wednesday night's talks saying progress had been made. The President emerged before reporters to declare his differences with the House Republicans were narrowing but said both sides were still stuck in an impasse.

It appeared progress had been made on spending cuts demanded by Republicans, though Democrats warned that a series of unrelated GOP policy provisions remain unresolved.

Democrats have already ruled out agreeing to stop funding the year-old healthcare overhaul or to deny Planned Parenthood all federal money. And Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid has said he will not agree to any of the curbs Republicans want to place on the Environmental Protection Agency.

While the political wheels turned, hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside the Capitol, calling for budget cuts and a shutdown, if necessary, to get them.

"Shut the sucker down," one yelled, and the crowd repeatedly chanted: "Shut it down." Agencies

What could happen if Washington remains deadlocked
A government shutdown, the first in 15 years, would ripple through an economy still recovering from the worst recession since the '30s. On Wednesday, the White House used its unmatched megaphone to emphasise the stakes involved in the negotiations, arranging a briefing for the presidential press corps on the ramifications of a partial government shutdown.

- US military personnel at home and abroad would receive one week's pay instead of two in their next pay cheques. Among those affected would be troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and the region around Libya.

- Tax audits would be also be suspended - welcome news to some, no doubt - but income tax returns filed on paper would pile up at the IRS and refunds would be delayed as a result.

- National parks would close, as would the Smithsonian Institution and its world-class collection of museums in Washington DC.

- About 800,000 federal employees would be furloughed, including many civilian workers in the Department of Defence and much of the White House staff.

- However, the FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies would simply keep working, as would the US Postal Service, which is "self-funded" thanks to income from stamps. Agencies

 

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/2011-04/08/c_121278815.htm

美国白宫启动政府关门应急计划
2011年04月08日 05:55:02 　来源： 新华网 【字号 大小】【收藏】【打印】【关闭】

新华网华盛顿４月７日电（记者王丰丰）美国白宫官员７日说，由于政府临时预算到期日将至、两党谈判尚无结果，白宫方面当天启动应对联邦政府关门的应急计划。

白宫下属行政管理和预算局副局长杰弗里·津茨当天在白宫例行记者会上说，行政管理和预算局当天下午开始向政府各部门发出通知，告知一旦预算到期、联邦政府在８日后被迫关门的话，必须采取哪些措施，又有哪些行为应避免。联邦公务员也开始陆续收到“放大假”的通知。

津茨说，政府关门也将对白宫本身的工作人员造成影响。白宫工作人员的人数将大大缩减，数名由总统任命的高层官员也会放假。他说，行政管理和预算局在数周前就开始为政府关门的应急计划做准备。

美国总统奥巴马７日中午在白宫召见隶属共和党的众议院议长约翰·博纳和参议院多数党（民主党）领导人哈里·里德，但没有达成协议。白宫方面说，奥巴马晚上将再次召集两人会谈。

联邦政府最新一份临时预算案将于８日到期，如果不能在此之前达成协议，联邦政府将被迫关门。根据白宫方面提供的消息，如果政府关门，大约８０万公务员将“放大假”，受影响的包括白宫、各部委、国会和联邦法院，美军军饷也将停发。与此同时，所有国家公园、史密森学会博物馆等都将关门，大多数政府部门网站将停止更新。

奥巴马政府向国会提交的２０１１财年（始于去年１０月）预算案一直没有获批，联邦政府一直在临时预算案下运行。共和和民主两党已就此多次谈判，但迄今未能达成共识。由共和党控制的国会众议院７日通过一份临时预算案，为联邦政府再提供一星期预算。但这一预算案削减开支太多，民主党控制的参议院已表示不会就此投票，奥巴马也已表态说会将其否决。

 

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Hours to go before mid night shut down. Republicans have Obama by his balls!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/04/07/congress.budget/index.html?hpt=Sbin


No budget deal yet as shutdown looms and key meeting starts
By Alan Silverleib and Tom Cohen, CNN
April 7, 2011 8:40 p.m. EDT
STORY HIGHLIGHTS

NEW: Senate Majority Leader Reid puts chances of a shutdown at 50-50
President Obama plans to meet with Reid, House Speaker Boehner Thursday evening
Without an agreement, the federal government will shut down after Friday
The House passes a one-week funding extension opposed by Democrats

Washington (CNN) -- Federal officials braced for a possible government shutdown as congressional negotiators worked Thursday to reach agreement on a spending plan for the rest of the fiscal year that includes more cuts.

After meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, announced Thursday afternoon that negotiators were unable to strike a deal.

Further negotiations took place later in the day, and Boehner and Reid said they would return to the White House for more talks with Obama in the evening.

That meeting, originally scheduled for 7 p.m., was then pushed back to 8 p.m. and would include Vice President Joe Biden, the White House announced. A senior White House aide said the talks actually began at 8:25 p.m.

If Congress and the White House cannot reach an agreement by midnight Friday, when the current spending authorization measure expires, parts of the government will close down.
What happens if government shuts down?
No deal yet in emergency budget talks
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Sen. Reid: Budget held up by 'ideology'

In an exclusive interview with CNN before the meeting, Reid put the chances of such a shutdown at 50-50 and said Democrats had agreed to all the spending cuts demanded by Republicans that they could.

"Enough is enough," he said.

Earlier, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives passed a short-term government spending bill that would delay the impending shutdown by one additional week.

The measure, which passed 247-181 in a largely party-line vote, funds the Pentagon for the remainder of the current fiscal year. It would also slash federal spending by another $12 billion and includes so-called "policy riders" that stipulate political and ideological restrictions, such as no government funding for Planned Parenthood.

However, Reid declared the short-term extension a "nonstarter," and the White House promised a veto if it reached Obama's desk.

The president "does not believe that we should sign another short-term measure that carries within it a lot of policy implications in order to kick this can down the road," Jay Carney, White House press secretary, said. "It is simply no way to do business."

Top legislators on both sides of the aisle seemed increasingly resigned to the prospect of a shutdown as the day dragged on. In a last-minute attempt to avert one, which would result in roughly 800,000 federal workers being sent home and temporarily stop a number of government services, Obama spent much of the afternoon huddled behind closed doors with Reid and Boehner.

Congressional staffers began receiving their furlough notices earlier in the day. Employees deemed "essential" during a shutdown would still be able to work; those considered "nonessential" would not.

"It looks like it's headed" toward a shutdown, Reid said on the Senate floor. "The numbers are basically there, but I am not as nearly as optimistic -- and that's an understatement -- as I was" on Wednesday night after an earlier meeting with Obama and Boehner.

Reid said the differences between the two parties "are no longer on how much savings we will get on government spending." Instead, he insisted, the major obstacle at this point is Republicans' insistence on including provisions related to abortion and environmental protection.

Republicans are, among other things, pushing to strip all funding from Planned Parenthood as well as trying to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

In a statement Thursday, Planned Parenthood noted that "by law, no federal funding for Planned Parenthood goes toward abortion." Cutting its funding would harm Planned Parenthood programs that provide contraception, cancer screenings and help deal with sexually transmitted infections, the group said.

"A small group with an extreme political agenda is forcing a shutdown of the United States government over a dangerous proposal that would bar women from getting the lifesaving health care they need," said Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards.

Reid said that "the only thing holding up an agreement is ideology."

Boehner disagreed with Reid's assessment of the numbers, declaring that there is "no agreement on numbers and no agreement on the underlying policies."

He also insisted that "there is absolutely no policy reason for the Senate not to follow the House in taking these responsible steps to support our troops and keep the government open."

Republican leaders are "confident that those Democrats who believe it is important to fund our troops and make real spending cuts will prevail upon Sen. Reid and our commander in chief to keep the government from shutting down," Boehner said.

In response, Reid said he was starting to question whether Boehner really wanted a deal.

A Democratic source told CNN on Thursday morning that there had been a tentative agreement to cut $34.5 billion in spending for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends September 30. Republican sources, however, said that was incorrect and insisted that no agreement had been reached on a number.

Earlier this year, the House passed a bill that included $61 billion in cuts from current spending levels, but the measure was rejected by the Democratic-controlled Senate. Two previous extensions of the government spending resolution have included $10 billion in cuts.

Republicans, under pressure from the Tea Party movement to make deep cuts that would reduce the size of government, blame Democrats for failing to pass a fiscal year 2011 budget last year when they controlled both congressional chambers.

They also have said that Obama and his party are ignoring the peril of the rising federal deficits and national debt.

Democrats contend the $61 billion in spending cuts in the House bill would harm the economic recovery and slash education and innovation programs essential for continued growth.

Obama and Reid insist that Democrats have agreed to more than 50% of the spending cuts sought by Republicans, which they said should be sufficient for a compromise on an issue that has little overall effect on the deficit and debt issues.

The budget brinkmanship shows the political stakes of the situation, with both parties trying to depict the other as unwilling to do what's right for the country.

A senior Democratic source with knowledge of the ongoing negotiations said the one of biggest obstacles to a deal involves whether reductions in mandatory spending programs, known in appropriations parlance as "changes in mandatory spending" or CHIMPS, should be part of spending cuts.

Examples of mandatory spending programs include Pell Grants, the Children's Health Insurance Program and some types of highway funding. Such programs are funded for multiple years at a time, with the spending set for the time period covered, exempt from congressional authorization each year.

Democratic sources have said they want about half the overall cuts in this spending bill to come from mandatory spending programs, and they have proposed the necessary reductions in programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Justice Department and the Treasury Department, and in Pell Grants.

Republicans note that reducing the spending in a mandatory program for one year doesn't prevent the amount from returning to its original level the following year.

If there is a shutdown, the Internal Revenue Service will stop processing paper tax returns, the Small Business Administration will stop making loans and federal home loan guarantees will be put on hold, among other things.

U.S. troops would be paid through Friday, but after then, paychecks to members of the military, including those in war zones, would stop. The National Institutes of Health would stop accepting new patients and would put clinical trials on hold.

According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, most federal workers paid with funds appropriated by Congress would go on temporary furlough in the event of a shutdown.

Congress would decide if furloughed workers get paid for the time missed when the shutdown ends, according to OPM. Health benefits continue if the shutdown lasts for less than a year, it said.

A Justice Department representative said Wednesday on condition of not being identified that "critical national security, law enforcement and prison operations" would continue in the event of a shutdown.
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"All FBI personnel in the field will continue to work, and the department will be ready to respond to any and all contingencies that might arise during this time," the Justice representative said. However, some functions including civil litigation, outreach to crime victims and grant processing would be stopped or curtailed, the representative said.

 

[HTOLAS]

Mr Obama has very early on made significant concessions to avert this. It is the right-wing extremists in the Republican Party who don't give a damn if Americans get healthcare or not is causing this looming shutdown.

And don't be too sure that Mr Obama is suffering. Remember how another Democratic president forced the shutdown of government, and came out smelling like roses?

 

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...and came out smelling like roses?

Jasmine better! Jasmine revolution against White House! He will not have 2nd term!:p

 

[HTOLAS]

Remember the mid term ratings of the following recent presidents?

• William Jefferson Clinton
• Ronald Reagan.

Good presidents always get a battering in the middle of their first terms because they act to change things and seriously upset vested interests. If they are clever enough, they would show the positive effects of what they had done by the next poll.

Jasmine better! Jasmine revolution against White House! He will not have 2nd term!:p

 

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Remember the mid term ratings of the following recent presidents?

• William Jefferson Clinton
• Ronald Reagan.

Good presidents always get a battering in the middle of their first terms because they act to change things and seriously upset vested interests. If they are clever enough, they would show the positive effects of what they had done by the next poll.

http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?88841-videos-Where-is-the-scar-on-LKY-s-head-Obama-s-exposed!

Obama's already brain damaged by a covered up stroke. His surgical scar exposed.

 

[Forvendet]

Small matter, they'll take it in their stride. US government has shut down before. Not to say common, but no big deal. So called government shutdown is really a political stunt, a Congress strike, that's all. The part-time Parliament of Singapore is shut down more than half the time as a matter of routine, matter-of-factly, no problem.

 

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http://content.usatoday.com/communi...ty-john-boehner-budget-government-shutdown-/1

Tea Party allies in Congress say shutdown 'inevitable'
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Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Tea Party Republican, says it looks like the federal government may temporarily close over a budget impasse.
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Some Tea Party allies in Congress say it is now "nearly inevitable" that the federal government will close its doors this weekend.

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, shared their frustrations with USA TODAY's Alan Gomez over the budget impasse that has the nation on the brink of a shutdown. At issue is a budget that would pay for government operations for the remaining six months of the fiscal year.

These Tea Party allies put the blame on President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and congressional Democrats for not accepting Republican plans to dramatically cut spending and policy proposals that reshape the role of the federal government.

The government will shut down at midnight Friday if Congress and the White House can't work out a budget deal.

"I don't see how we could pull a rabbit out of the hat on this one," Lee said, claiming the president "has left us with no options."

King agreed, expressing disappointment that Reid and the Democratic-controlled Senate are unlikely to take up a bill the House passed earlier today to keep the government running for another week while a deal is being ironed out. Obama has vowed to veto that bill, which includes $12 billion in spending cuts.

"I think that a shutdown at this point is nearly inevitable," said King, who voted against the one-week spending bill because it did not eliminate funding to implement the nation's health care law.

Former 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin weighed in via Twitter, also blaming Obama for the budget standoff.

$4T later, leaderless govt digs further debt, bickers over cutting peanuts - peanuts we don't even have. It's unsustainable! Let him shut it

 

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http://content.usatoday.com/communi...y-down-to-the-wire-on-a-government-shutdown/1

Obama's day: Down to the wire on a government shutdown
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President Obama speaking last night in New York.
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Good morning from The Oval. On this day in 1927, an audience in New York saw the first long-distance television broadcast, an image of Commerce Secretary (and future President) Herbert Hoover.

It's more budget talks today in Washington, a day after President Obama and congressional leaders said after a late-night meeting at the White House that they made progress toward a deal that could avert a government shutdown at midnight Friday.

"I remain confident that if we're serious about getting something done, we should be able to complete a deal and get it passed and avert a shutdown," Obama said during a rare late-night appearance in the White House briefing room.

Meanwhile, the prospect of a shutdown is creating a sense of anxiety among federal workers, report Mimi Hall and Gregory Korte of USA TODAY.

As aides work on the details on a possible deal, Obama has other meetings scheduled, including regular weekly sessions with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Late this afternoon, Obama welcomes Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos to the Oval Office to discuss moving the proposed U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement to the Senate, as reported by USA TODAY's Richard Wolf.

Obama and Santos are also scheduled to make statements to the press.

In other news:

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[Slim_10_Sg]

This is what Singaporeans should had but had NEVER learned.

How to control govt and have them comply with powers in your own reign.

The day Singaporeans can firmly do this shut down, we will truly become a nation - a Hard Truth that LKY won't mention.

We have several opposition parties, we should give 50 seats not counting NCMP to the opposition, they will NEVER be able to form a non-PAP govt. That will for PAP to form a joint govt with one of them. Then approx 10 seats each in 4 oppo party, 40+ seats with PAP + their ally. This way we can also shut down gov.sg any time.

Grab their throat if they have no balls to be grabbed.

 

[Cestbon]

Shutdown nothing much will happen or change. Only maybe some gov department will need to cut manpower. Some may even merge. Just same as coperate world.

 

[obama.bin.laden]

Shutdown nothing much will happen or change. Only maybe some gov department will need to cut manpower. Some may even merge. Just same as coperate world.

For a Federation country like USA Russia or Malaysia, it is quite unaffected for the people. Because citizens lives under each state govts, e.g. California / Florida / Johore / Selengor etc. Federal Govt is Washington / Moscow / KL which can shutdown less effect to people.

Try to test shutdown PAP or HK govt.

Play the music and do the shutdown! Dance!

 

[Don Muthuswamy]

Shutdown dus not = bankruptcy. They just tend 2 downsize some of the govt positions. That all. Its happened b4. Its no big deal.

 

[Cestbon]

For a Federation country like USA Russia or Malaysia, it is quite unaffected for the people. Because citizens lives under each state govts, e.g. California / Florida / Johore / Selengor etc. Federal Govt is Washington / Moscow / KL which can shutdown less effect to people.

Try to test shutdown PAP or HK govt.

Play the music and do the shutdown! Dance!

Yes correct. They have state government. Have their own budget and state tax.
Singapore only one state. Election only seperate the town council which dont have tax collection.

 

[Forvendet]

Yes correct. They have state government. Have their own budget and state tax.
Singapore only one state. Election only seperate the town council which dont have tax collection.

The government doesn't usually allocate budget to Potong Pasir and Hougang. Yet, life goes on as TC has S&CC. The government gives money to PAP TCs, they go and buy minibonds from their sales friends working in the banks.

 

[obama.bin.laden]

Shutdown dus not = bankruptcy. They just tend 2 downsize some of the govt positions. That all. Its happened b4. Its no big deal.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2011-04/09/c_121283869.htm

美国政府因2011年财政预算案进入关闭倒计时
2011年04月09日 08:22:39 　来源： 新京报 【字号 大小】【收藏】【打印】【关闭】

4月7日，华盛顿，奥巴马出席记者招待会。

　　4月7日，不少人彻夜待在美国国会山，抗议2011财年预算案削减教育和其他公共领域的预算。

　　美国政府关门大吉？这是真的，不是滑稽戏。连日来，美国总统奥巴马不停地与共和党人商谈，希望能就2011年财政预算案达成一致。如果在当地时间8日午夜还没结果，美国政府就要关门了。这是怎样一份预算，双方分歧在哪儿？为什么谈不妥政府就关门？那会有什么影响呢？

　　7日晚，奥巴马召集众议院议长、共和党人约翰·博纳和参议院多数党领袖、民主党人哈利·里德在白宫开会。这是他们3天内第4次在白宫讨论如何避免政府关门。一个多小时后，奥巴马一脸阴沉，出现在新闻发布厅——双方没有就2011财年的预算案达成一致。距离8日午夜的最后期限时间不多了，美国政府关闭进入了倒计时。

　　政府“没钱”要关门？

　　美国政府关门是什么概念？

　　美国问题学者张博解释说，奥巴马所言的“关门”，实际上就是政府“没钱了”。“预算拨款掌握在国会手中，国会不通过奥巴马提出的2011财年预算案，就意味着政府不能花钱，很多需要花钱的工程或者部门只能暂停。”

　　奥巴马政府向国会提交的2011财政年度预算案一直没有获批。美国政府2011财年赤字将创下1.65万亿美元的历史新高。虽然奥巴马政府屡次修改，但是却在国会屡屡碰壁。

　　目前，联邦政府运转依靠临时预算案拨款。这一财年现已过半。

　　两党分歧主要在财政削减幅度上，民主党要求削减330亿美元，共和党此前要求削减610亿美元，近日有所让步，眼下主张400亿美元。两项方案数字实际上只相差70亿美元，仅仅相当于联邦政府17个小时的开支，不及2011财年预算案大约3.7万亿美元开支的一个零头。

　　然而，两党多次谈判，迟迟未能弥合分歧。美国《华尔街日报》说，两党宁可冒着让政府关门的风险也不愿让步，更像是在选民面前比一比谁“在政治上更男人”。

　　“之所以这样，和两党的政治立场有关。”美国问题学者张博表示，“共和党历来反对大政府，该党推崇自由主义的经济，认为政府赤字多支出多并不可取；而民主党则更关注的是一些社会改良，比如医改案等，这些都要政府花钱。所以预算制定起来就要多一些。此外，民主党担心大幅削减政府开支，会影响经济复苏的步伐。”

　朝野上演拉锯战

　　自从美国中期选举结束，共和党打了漂亮的翻身仗，控制了国会众议院以后，美国主流媒体就分析，奥巴马政府的日子不好过了。

　　实际上，从大约1个月前，国会领导人和白宫之间，已经就预算案问题开始密集往来。虽然各方释放了善意，但由于双方的立场相去甚远，所以一个月来不仅没有取得进展，反而让局势变得恶劣。

　　4月5日和6日两天，奥巴马与国会众议院议长博纳和参议院多数党领袖里德举行了两次彻夜长谈。美国媒体称，总统深夜邀请国会举行会谈，在历史上并不多见，但是效果并不明显。

　　6日，白宫众多新闻官员也大力“宣传”政府关门的“灾难性后果”，以对谈判施加压力。参加记者会的《纽约时报》记者称，美国官员说，政府一旦关门，全美80多万公务员将放长假。“很多政府部门无人办公，公园、美术馆等公共机构说不定也要关门大吉。法院和军队的一些部门也会受到影响。”

　　在这个所谓的“紧急记者会”上，白宫称对政府关门做了预案，那就是不得不牺牲一些部门，但要保证更重要的一些部门运作。

　　政府关门民生遭殃

　　7日中午，奥巴马再次召集两党进行协商，但两党依然各说各话。7日晚间，奥巴马又将博纳等人召集到了白宫“开夜会”。不过双方还没有达成一致意见。

　　奥巴马在一份声明中称：“我们应该把政治斗争抛在一边，为了在9月本财年到期前，通过预算案。”

　　美国问题学者张博称，就算美国政府真的关门数日乃至数月，影响最大的还是民生方面，对美国的军事和外交不会有太多影响。

　　“美国的海外部署都是战略利益所在，应该不可能出现问题。特别是美国不会动摇在中东和亚太地区的军力存在。美国在伊拉克、阿富汗、利比亚等地的军事行动将会维持。”

　　这次预算危机导致的政府关门危机，并不是美国历史上的第一次。

　　在民主党人克林顿担任总统期间就曾发生过两次类似的事情，分别是1995年11月14日-11月18日和1995年12月16日-1996年1月5日两次。政府短暂关闭期间，美国曾发生国家卫生院的诊所不再接受新病人，数百个站点的垃圾无人处理、20万护照申请延请等问题。美国媒体也曾做了统计，政府每关闭一天就导致纳税人损失1亿美元。

　　■ 影响

　　政府若关门 军饷将停发

　　美国政府一旦关门，虽然有些部门会受到影响，但是涉及国防、执法、医疗急救、空中交通管制等关键领域的工作不会暂停。

　　受影响部门：

　　财政部国内税收署可能延期向申请人寄退税支票。

　　国防部将停发军饷，文职人员可能“被休假”。

　　大多数政府部门网站将停止更新。

　　许多国会助手和白宫工作人员将暂时下岗。

　　所有国家公园、史密森学会博物馆等国立博物馆将关门。数以万计游客将被拒之门外。

　　签证和护照申请面临大范围延误。

　　美军军饷停发，但政府重新开门后即可领取。

　　美国官员说，如果政府关门，中央情报局将“相应减少”行动规模。

　　不受影响部门：

　　联邦储备委员会即美国中央银行不会受影响。

　　财政部将继续发行国债。

　　邮政服务照常。

　　社会保险支票照寄。

　　联邦医疗保险项目大多继续运转。

　　预计失业补助金也不会受到影响。

　　在伊拉克、阿富汗军事行动和支援日本抗灾等活动将继续。美军在对利比亚军事行动中的任务等与美国“国家安全有关”，不受影响。五角大楼军职人员不受政府关门影响，仍需按时上班。

　　据新华社
■ 背景

　　政府关门 不是新鲜事

　　政府关门，在美国算不上新鲜事。

　　最近一次是1995年底，民主党人比尔·克林顿执政，共和党控制国会参众两院，与白宫、民主党就削减预算争执不下，联邦政府“停摆”至1996年初。

　　一些媒体分析，同为民主党人，同处首个任期第三年、同样因输掉中期选举而面对共和党进逼，奥巴马可能打算复制克林顿当年的策略。

　　共和党去年赢得中期选举后誓言削减财政开支。美国媒体把众院议长博纳同纽特·金里奇相比，后者1994年率领共和党夺回参众两院，稍后出任众院议长。

　　金里奇当年咄咄逼人，但克林顿和民主党在政府关门后成功把他塑造为一名迷恋个人权力和党派利益的政客，迫使共和党让步，进而一举扭转民意颓势。克林顿最终赢得1996年总统选举，成功连任。

　　博纳和共和党如今自然不愿重蹈覆辙。

　　(新华社特稿)

 

[jbsmith]

Our government will cite this as an example, see two-party system won't work.

 

[tun_dr_m]

Our government will cite this as an example, see two-party system won't work.

This works PERFECTLY for US! Tell that to those bastards via our ballots!