White House, government agencies discuss possible shutdown

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

POLITICS | Fri Sep 23, 2016 | 3:21pm EDT

White House, government agencies discuss possible shutdown

By Roberta Rampton | WASHINGTON

The White House budget office scheduled a call with U.S government agencies on Friday to plan for a government shutdown in case the U.S. Congress fails to pass a short-term funding bill by a deadline next week.

"It is our hope that this work will ultimately be unnecessary and that there will be no lapse in appropriations," a spokeswoman for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said in a statement.

The federal fiscal year ends on Sept. 30 and Congress must pass a spending measure by then to keep the government open.

In recent years, lawmakers have seldom agreed on a full federal budget and instead have relied on stop-gap measures.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-funding-idUSKCN11T215

[Warpy]

1. Fucking Republican jackasses

I just got my 2012 tax refund earlier this summer because of another of their stupid government shutdowns.

At least this one isn't happening during tax season.

Those grandstandint, tantrum throwing overgrown toddlers need to find a different stunt.

[nitpicker]

2. This is getting old.

The 2013 shutdown was not pretty- Feds tied to their homes for 16 days because "the shutdown could end at any moment".

I hope there isn't a repeat.