Congress edged one step closer to government shutdown...
Congress edged one step closer to government shutdown Friday. The House passed 230-189 a continuing appropriations resolution that included provisions to defund the Affordable Care Act (http://1.usa.gov/1bw9Tgn). Senate Democrats have said they won’t support a resolution with such provisions, and…
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Senate Republicans have spoken out against hitching the Affordable Care Act concerns to a potential government shutdown, which would affect most federal agencies. If Congress does not pass a resolution by Sept. 30, Obama has said the government shuts down Oct. 1. On the House floor before the vote, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., blasted the measure as designed to shut down the government: “It could have no other intent than that.”