HOW LONG WILL LAST THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

[c12h22oh 11]

HOW LONG WILL LAST THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????

The quick-end scenario depends crucially on House Speaker John Boehner’s intentions. If all he meant to do was placate tea party conservatives by forcing the Obamacare dispute just past the point of a government shutdown, proving he’d stand with them longer than many pundits had predicted, well then, mission accomplished.

Indeed, some House Republicans on Tuesday said it was time for Speaker Boehner to fold. Rep. Scott Rigell ® of Virginia tweeted, “We fought the good fight. Time for a clean CR,” meaning time for a funding bill without any provision that would alter the Affordable Care Act.

As of midday Tuesday, hope for a quick end to the dispute was fading, however. Tempers still seemed hot and rhetoric was pointed. The Democratic-controlled Senate rejected the House demand for a conference committee to discuss terms of continued government funding. In response, prospective House conferees held a photo-op that consisted of them sitting across from some empty chairs. “That’s not how adults operate,” said President Obama of House Republicans during a midday Rose Garden appearance.

The last time the government shut down, things began with a five-day federal work interruption in November 1995, followed by shutdown that stretched from Dec. 16, 1995, to Jan. 6, 1996.

Considering that experience, the current shutdown could stretch for some time.

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[cdy 1]

Ok, does anyone have first hand knowledge that the embassy in Bogota is open andis continuing approving visas and conducting interviews, my fiance leaves for Bogota tommorow for the medical test and the interview next week.

Ok, does anyone have first hand knowledge that the embassy in Bogota is open andis continuing approving visas and conducting interviews, my fiance leaves for Bogota tommorow for the medical test and the interview next week.

[c12h22oh 11]

The best deal with your fiance is call the embassy directly and do not speculate.

The government shutdown will be for a while However they say that embassies will be open; but visas will be delay this is hard to understand. she should call the embassy

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"The US State Department will continue to issue passports and visas, which are paid for by user fees rather than tax money. The issuance of passports and visas could be affected, however, if specific offices are in government buildings that are closed.US embassies and consulates around the world will remain open, and the US Agency for International Development will continue, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, said."

Edited October 3, 2013 by c12h22oh