Tag: Government Shutdown
Stand with Planned Parenthood – Sign the Letter to Congress
From Planned Parenthood:
On February 18, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to bar Planned Parenthood health centers from all federal funding for birth control, cancer screenings, HIV testing, and other lifesaving care.
It is the most dangerous legislative assault in our history, and it cannot go unanswered. We — Planned Parenthood and the three million women, men, and teens who are at risk of losing access to basic care — need you to stand united with us now.
Sign our open letter to every single representative in the House who voted for this cruel, unconscionable, unthinkable law, and to every senator who still has a chance to stop it.
Click here to sign an open letter to Congress — trying for 1 million signatures and there were 818,000 at 10:15 a.m.
Rep. Pence Accidentally Tells Truth, Says Shutdown Is Victory for ‘Republican People’
Well, I don’t know if we’re checkmating. But we’re trying — we’re trying to score a victory for the Republican people, for — for the American — for the Republican people — trying to score a victory for the American people, not for the Republican Party. That victory is going to come in stages here.
– Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), inadvertently telling the truth on Fox News about the true purpose of the tea party faction’s objective in shutting down the government.
The Shutdown Lowdown
The budget negotiations have been waylaid.
Now representatives and senators are dismayed.
In the Senate and the House,
They’re starting to grouse:
“What you mean, WE won’t get paid!”
In negotiations that stay confidential
Over outcomes that aren’t inconsequential,
It’s slowly beginning dawn
On everyone, hither and yon,
That Congress really isn’t essential.
Who to Blame for Government Shutdown? Nobody Has Chanted ‘Cut It or Shut It’ and ‘Shut It Down’ But the Tea Party
We’re on another countdown to a government shutdown, and, as usual, the question is who will the public blame for the late checks, closed parks and many other inconveniences.
At this point, polls show the public is divided on whom to blame. A Pew poll released April 4 found 39 percent blaming Republicans versus 36 percent who blame the White House, with 16 percent blaming both sides and 9 percent undecided. The NBC News/Wall St.Journal poll on April 6 found that 37 percent blamed Republicans, while 20 percent blamed the White House and 20 percent blamed Democrats in Congress.
If the shutdown happens, however, things will start to look differently, especially if it causes major disruptions or, as some experts suggest, triggers a double-dip recession. At that point, nuances of the back and forth going on now will be reduced to video clips and soundbites that will be replayed on a continuous loop as the controversy sorts itself out.
Punished for Working
In the event of a government shutdown,
Lawmakers are putting their foot down.
“No checking of emails
Or chatting up females —
You’re furloughed, no Blackberrys, you clowns!”
