From the Washington Post: The U.S. government has begun to shut down for the first time in 17 years after a Congress bitterly divided over President Obamaﾒs signature health-care initiative failed to reach agreement to fund federal agencies. The impasse means 800,000 federal workers will be furloughed Tuesday. National parks, monuments and museums, as well as most federal offices, will close. Tens of thousands of air-traffic controllers, prison guards and Border Patrol agents will be required to serve without pay. And many congressional hearings — including one scheduled for Tuesday on last month’s Washington Navy Yard shootings — will be postponed.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 04:45:54 +0000
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