It looks like the government is going to shutdown if a deal for the 2011 doesn’t get done tonight, as the White House has said that it will veto any short term spending bills.
Planned Parenthood looks like it’s the sticking point of this whole schlemiel, as ‘pubs don’t want to fund it, and the Dems do.
Planned Parenthood is probably being used as a scapegoat in this whole thing, at least that’s my opinion. I can’t really believe that Planned Parenthood is going to cause hundreds of thousands of federal employees to furloughed for lord knows how long if Reid and Boehner don’t settle the issue.
There’s already been an agreement on $38 billion in spending cuts, which is damn near magical in Washington. Spending cuts just don’t happen, and it’s nice to see, albeit it’s a tiny fraction of the debt.
For the American public, DO NOT shutdown over Planned Parenthood. It’s not worth it. GDP will be cut, more money will be wasted by not operating, and it doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, which is something Congress sorely lacks right now.
Get it done guys.
