Government Shutdown

The Senate is a big part of the problem.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The next move is up to the Senate -- but it's not expected to make a partial government shutdown tonight any less likely. About 800,000 federal workers will be forced off the job without pay if no compromise can be reached by midnight on the legislation that would keep government agencies funded...

With Congress unable to agree on a budget or even a short-term emergency bill, it's increasingly likely that the federal government will suffer its first shutdown in 17 years. Leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate will trade proposals on Monday, but neither side is optimistic that they will reach an agreement.

If no emergency spending bill is passed by Congress before midnight Monday, the government will go into a partial shutdown.

With America facing a potential government shutdown by the end of the day, one member of Louisiana's Congressional delegation says a compromise bill proposed to avoid such a shutdown doesn't do enough. Republican Representative Jeff Landry voted down a bill which would fund vast portions of the federal budget...

Republicans and Democrats in Congress reached a late Friday night agreement on a federal budget for the current fiscal year--meaning the federal government did NOT shut down.

Washington, DC –U.S. Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-Southwest Louisiana) issued the following statement regarding the agreement to cut spending and fund the government and military through the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends September 30, 2011:

A budget showdown is on the horizon which threatens to shut down the federal  government  if  a  compromise  can't  be  reached.

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter today spoke on the Senate floor in support of the continuing resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this afternoon.