[Infowarrior] - US gov shuts down

[Richard Forno]

So much #winning to mark the one-year anniversary of the 45 regime....   --rick


US government enters shutdown after Senate rejects funding bill
Sabrina Siddiqui, Ben Jacobs and Lauren Gambino in Washington

Sat 20 Jan 2018 07.56 EST First published on Fri 19 Jan 2018 22.33 EST
 
The United States has its first government shutdown in nearly five years after senators failed to reach a deal to keep the lights on.

 With government shutdown, Republicans reap what they sow

An effort by Republicans to keep the government open for one month was rejected in a vote on Friday night after they failed to address Democratic concerns about young undocumented migrants known as Dreamers.

Republicans needed 60 votes to pass the bill. Five red-state Democrats supported it while four Republicans voted against and 12am ET came and went without a deal, causing funding for the federal government to lapse.

Federal law requires agencies to shut down if Congress has not appropriated money to fund them. Hundreds of thousands of “non-essential” federal employees will be put on temporary unpaid leave. In previous shutdowns, services deemed “essential”, such as the work of the homeland security and the FBI, have continued.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/20/us-government-faces-shutdown-after-senate-rejects-funding-bill