Sunday, September 29, 2013

On the brink of a shutdown

House Republicans succeeded in pushing through a one-year delay in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act early Sunday morning. In a 231-to-192 vote, the House approved the delay as an amendment to a Senate bill funding federal government operations.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has already signaled that the legislation will not pass that chamber, and unless the House and Senate can reconcile competing versions of the funding bill before midnight on Monday, the U.S. government will shut down for the first time in 17 years.

Read more... at the Washington Post.

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