US: Federal government at risk of shutdown
The US government is in danger of shutting down in less than two weeks as leaders of both houses of Congress fail to agree on each other's demands to keep the government running, according to NHK. The focus of the dispute is funding for President Barack Obama's health care law.
The US government is in danger of shutting down in less than two weeks as leaders of both houses of Congress fail to agree on each other's demands to keep the government running, according to NHK. The focus of the dispute is funding for President Barack Obama's health care law.
At the heart of the dispute is funding for Obama's health care law. (Source: Reuters)
House Republicans are reluctant to fund programs in President Obama's health care law, known as Obamacare, while Senate Democrats have not voted on any spending bill that does not include funding.
House Speaker John Boehner announced that the House will vote on September 20 to allow government agencies to continue operating without Obamacare.
If passed, the bill will move to the Senate, where Democratic Senator Harry Reid has declared: “Any bill that does not fund Obamacare will be meaningless”./.
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