The Showdown and Impending Government Shutdown
Published: 28 September 2013 By Abiodun Giwa
The crisis over the debt and spending bill in the United States' Congress, with the two parties showdown and impending government shutdown, is playing out in Washington. The two parties have not agreed about what they should to avoid government shutdown on Tuesday.
The Republican controlled House of Representatives had passed a bill stripping Obamacare of funding. The bill reached the Democratic Party controlled senate, passed its own version of the bill restoring Obamacare.
The bill returned to the House of Representatives, but the Republican majority members of the House insisted on having its way; sought to delay Obamacare for one year and stripped it of the law to fund it along with other provisions unacceptable to it.
The House Speaker, John Boehner, says the people don't want Obamacare and urges the senate to pass the house version of bill to avoid government shutdown. But it is not certain the senate will pass the bill the way the House wants it as the senate president has pronounced the bill dead before its arrival in the senate. And if the bill mistakenly passes the senate, report says that President Barack Obama has vowed to veto it.
The New York Times reported that the House has a plan to pass another separate bill that will ensure members of the military are paid, and that points to likely continued disagreement between the senate and house, assuring certainty of a shutdown.
The Republican controlled House of Representatives had passed a bill stripping Obamacare of funding. The bill reached the Democratic Party controlled senate, passed its own version of the bill restoring Obamacare.
The bill returned to the House of Representatives, but the Republican majority members of the House insisted on having its way; sought to delay Obamacare for one year and stripped it of the law to fund it along with other provisions unacceptable to it.
The House Speaker, John Boehner, says the people don't want Obamacare and urges the senate to pass the house version of bill to avoid government shutdown. But it is not certain the senate will pass the bill the way the House wants it as the senate president has pronounced the bill dead before its arrival in the senate. And if the bill mistakenly passes the senate, report says that President Barack Obama has vowed to veto it.
The New York Times reported that the House has a plan to pass another separate bill that will ensure members of the military are paid, and that points to likely continued disagreement between the senate and house, assuring certainty of a shutdown.
