Twitter Feedback: Government Shutdown

The congress averted a government shutdown that would have taken place on Friday March  4, 2011. They passed a temporary spending plan that will last until March 18, 2011.  Government shutdown is going happening if they don't pass budget in time of the deadline. If they don't pass a budget, this is going happen below:

• Over 1,000,000 federal employees were sent home during the combined 1995-96 shutdowns. Major federal work force furloughs occurred in of the Department of Education, the Department of Veteran Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Social Security Administration, to name a few.
• National museums and monuments closed down, resulting in an estimated loss of 2 million visitors.
• 368 National Park Service sites also closed, losing 7 million visitors and around $14.2 million per day in tourism revenue.
• 20,000-30,000 foreign visa applications per day went unprocessed, as did an estimated total of 200,000 U.S. passport applications.
• Health, welfare, finance, and travel services for veterans were restricted.
• New Medicare applicants were turned away, and new patients at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center were not accepted.
• Furloughs at the Centers for Disease Control resulted in limited information regarding the spread of contagious diseases.
• Over 3,500 bankruptcy cases were suspended.
• Federal agencies managing over 20% over the total number of government contracts were affected.

Here is twitter feedback on government shutdown.

syedmahmood Syed Barique Mahmood 

The U.S. Congress voted 335-91 to extend government funding for two more weeks, a move that would avert a federal shutdown.

DerrixDamaany36 Derrix MBewe 

Congress passed what amounts to a "two week band-aid" that will delay a government shutdown. I still expect it to happen eventually.

evale72 evale72 

 by jennaudrey

Annnnd another one, now Pew poll, finds public supports working families over Walker. 

aatombomb Aatom Smith 

Poll: 58 percent of Americans favor government shutdown - rtamerica: SHUT IT DOWN. WE’RE DONE HERE.

iboudreau Ian Boudreau 

Wait, am I to believe that Republicans are actually trying to make government shutdown into a Democratic idea?

dreamtomatoes Cy 

HOW is it that I only find out about the federal government shutting down AFTER a bill meant to momentarily prevent the shutdown is passed??

mrdime Dmitriy 

Maybe threatening conservatives with a government shutdownmight not be the best political strategy for libs.

EleanorNorton Eleanor H. Norton 

 by DCAbloob

Why should DC escape a government shutdown only until 3/18th?? Our local funds are not apart of this federal fight!

CNNJanet CNNJanet 

 by BradLtv

Congress is closer to averting a government shutdown on Friday. The House passed a spending bill to keep operations going for 2 weeks.