Government Shutdown Essay The shutdown of the government doesn’t seem to come down to one party’s doings. It is a split responsibility. I believe the democrats hold responsibility by coming up with this idea of Obamacare but have no solution on how to fund‚ it other than raising the debt limit higher than it already is. Whereas the republicans are responsible for handling all of this in an unprofessional manner by waiting until the last couple days to decide they weren’t going to fund the issue
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Government Shut Down and Impact..! Republican and Democrats couldn’t agree on a spending for the fiscal year (from Oct.1- Sept30)‚ which started on Tuesday as they debated over Obamacare. The government shut down; cause congress has a duty in the Constitution‚ passing spending bills to fund the gov. In not doing that functions of gov. ranging from funding agencies‚ paying out small business loans‚ and processing passport request come to a halt. As some services like Social Security‚ air traffic
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New and Analysis Paper Sociology 191-09 Government Shutdown Summary: The news article‚ “Government Shutdown: round up of Michigan editorials” talked about the recent government shut down. The article describes that as we enter the second week of the government shutdown it’s “inflicting a punishment on the people who elected the representatives into office.” The Grand Rapids Press stated that “if the GOP has a problem with the Affordable Care Act they should take care of it while the government
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Title/Source/Evaluation: The article I chose for this assignment is “Congress approves stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown” (Mascaro 2015). The article was written by Lisa Mascaro and published in the Los Angeles Times. Mascaro graduated from UC Santa Barbara with degrees in economics and political science. She has also written for the Las Vegas Sun. During her time at the Las Vegas Sun she contributed to a group of stories that won the paper a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. In this
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On October 1st‚ 2013 our government shutdown for a period of 15 days. The shutdown swept the headlines on every major news station‚ and instantly became the hottest topic in the country. Many government employees were furloughed from their jobs with some not being paid for their time off‚ while others did get paid to sit home and do nothing with taxpayer’s money. The cause of the government shutdown was the Republican Party’s relentless desire to not fund the Affordable Care Act‚ Obamacare‚ in the
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Shutdown at Eastland When dealing with plant closures there are many factors to take into consideration; namely‚ how does a company extract itself from a community that it has helped sustain for more than 20 years? The answer: tactfully. There are more interested parties besides the stockholders in the success and failure of a business‚ and they include the employees and the local community of the plant. If handled correctly‚ a plant can successfully close without any bitter feelings from any
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The Government Shutdown. The government plays a huge role in regulating the economy‚ and without this their can be many people and companies as a whole that would not be able operate. As we have been noticing there are very few good things that can come out of a government shutdown. On the other hand though‚ the negatives just pile up as the days go by. A few of there are that many veterans many not receive benefits‚ financing for small businesses would stop‚ and federal workers will have their
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For the first time in seventeen years the Republicans in Congress chose to shut down the federal government all because they didn’t like one law. One faction of one party in one house of congress in one branch of government shut down major branches of the government. The House and Senate could not agree on the Obamacare bill by September 30‚ 2013; thus resulting in the federal government shutdown. The shutdown “didn’t have to happen”‚ Obama proclaims as he addresses the issue of the economy also
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there is one thing that remains on the minds of many in the country – what impact will the governmental shutdown and the American debt ceiling have on the coming fiscal year. The United States governmental shutdown began on October 1th‚ 2013 and lasted for sixteen days‚ until October 16th‚ 2013. Although‚ there has been much speculation surrounding the specifics on why the American government shutdown took place‚ the general consensus is that Congress did not enact adequate funds for the upcoming 2014
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Sam Bruning Professor Sally Bennett Comp I 23 October 2013 The Small Business Shutdown Imagine graduating college twenty-five years ago. Ever since you were a little kid‚ you have had a dream of opening up your own business. You would have no boss or anyone to talk down to you‚ and you control the entire business. You get to decide what you want to sell‚ who you want to work with‚ where your store is located‚ how you want to ship your products‚ and you overview the entire company or at least
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