jrefior, 8 months ago

“Military and law enforcement officials would go unpaid during the shutdown. FEMA’s disaster relief fund could be depleted, hurting the victims of wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes and flooding.

“Clinical trials on new prescription drugs could be delayed. Ten thousand children could lose access to care through Head Start, while environmental and food safety inspections would get backlogged."

jrefior, 8 months ago

“Food aid for Americans through the Women, Infants and Children (#WIC) program could be cut off for nearly 7 million pregnant women, mothers, infants and children.”

#women #children #poverty #inequality #cruelty

jrefior, 8 months ago

“The open revolt was further evidence that McCarthy’s strategy of repeatedly giving in to the conservatives is seemingly only emboldening them”
Story of our times
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-mccarthy-house-republicans-spending-cuts-deff84c0e2ff7d3bd076b8c38e14cca4

#gop #mccarthy #conservatives #appeasement

jrefior, 8 months ago

"The threat of a federal government #shutdown was suddenly easing Saturday after the #House quickly approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open, once Speaker Kevin #McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage.

"The bill would fund the government until Nov. 17.

"It goes next to the #Senate which was meeting late in the evening, hours to go before the midnight deadline to fund the government."
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-mccarthy-congress-republicans-732baaa19c91f981e492fd0e6a76aba8
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#congress