Obama: "Gov't Shut Down Will Hurt Fragile Economy"

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Originally Posted by Azzan

Latest news I heard this morning says that the military will not get their checks although they will get the backpay. That makes me a little nervous as I have a son-in-law in the navy and he and my daughter are fairly close to living hand to mouth.

The shut-down WILL have repercussions on the economy.

It shouldn't come to that for the military:

AP

House Speaker John Boehner, center, gestures while speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill April 6.


House Republicans are planning to bring yet another stopgap budget bill to the floor in a bid to avert a government shutdown, as negotiations over a spending package for the rest of the year falter.

The proposal would be the third short-term budget bill in two months. The prospect of voting on another stopgap has frustrated lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, some of whom have vowed to oppose one. But while dozens of GOP members defected the last time around, House Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told Fox News he has enough GOP support to pass this bill without any Democrats.

“We don’t need one Democratic vote,” he said.