NO DEAL YET ON GOVERMENT SHUT DOWN The Latest

[Matt an Bee 0]

WASHINGTON – Still at odds as a shutdown looms, House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama on Thursday failed to reach a deal to keep the government running, but talks will continue. The House's plan for a stopgap measure was met with a veto threat by Obama.

Boehner, addressing reporters on the White House driveway after the talks, said "all of us sincerely believe that we can get to an agreement." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, also in the negotiations, said another meeting with the president would happen later in the day.

"We'll see you back here at 7 o'clock," Reid said. All sides are working on a last-minute deal to avert a partial government shutdown that looms at midnight Friday.

There was no immediate comment from Obama or his staff.

Boehner said he asked Obama to sign a stopgap measure the House passed Thursday afternoon that would fund the government for one more week, make $12 billion in cuts, and fully fund the Pentagon through September. The speaker said he expressed his direct disappointment to Obama that the president intended to veto the bill if it ever got to his desk.

[thelastpetitioner 218]

SO was already informed that the entire military paychecks will be frozen for god knows how long

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Our national debt grows 4 billion dollars a day and all you can think about is a stinkin' visa?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

We need ten more "government shutdown threads" to bring the number of those thread on here to an even fifty.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

We need ten more "government shutdown threads" to bring the number of those thread on here to an even fifty.

just keep replying to them, bump them all to the top - eventually people will see them on the front page of vj and not start more of them.

[natty bumppo 297]

just keep replying to them, bump them all to the top - eventually people will see them on the front page of vj and not start more of them.

people probably have the sub forum bookmarked and go directly there without passing through the home page.

so ... they probably wouldn't even see the the posts anyway.

[xelance 31]

"House Republicans defy Obama veto threat, pass stopgap bill to avoid shutdown for a week"

Govt. will not be shutdown for at least another week.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

just keep replying to them, bump them all to the top - eventually people will see them on the front page of vj and not start more of them.

*test...

[_Simpson_ 250]

Our national debt grows 4 billion dollars a day and all you can think about is a stinkin' visa?

Our debt grows 4 billion dollars a day and all you cant think about is him thinking about how it will effect visas?