On October 1, 2013, the federal government furloughed 800,000 employees and shut down non-critical programs. The shutdown resulted from the Congress's failure to pass a spending bill for the new fiscal year, which began on October 1.
The Democrats proposed a temporary spending measure, called a Continuing Resolution (CR), that would fund the government for a limited time at the same level as in the previous fiscal year. Their CR would continue the "sequestered" budget: the approximately $50 billion automatic cut put in place when the "supercommitte" failed to reach an agreement in 2011.
The Republicans seek to repeal or delay the implementation of the Affordable Care Act --- aka Obamacare --- and they have asked the Democrats to come to the table to negotiate on this issue before they agree to a budget for the fiscal year. The Democratic leader of the Senate and the President have both said they will not negotiate over the CR.
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