Thread: Federal government shutdown possible

Originally Posted by fishjoel

I think 99 weeks is long enough and the shutdown should end any an all attempts to extend them.

Ok, but isn't that really a subject for a different thread? I was answering a question about the payment of existing unemployment benefits (as in, people who are still under the 99 week mark).

Originally Posted by Jefe

Most likely, yes. I believe most checks for other things would continue to go out as well, especially in the short term. "Government shutdown" really means "partial government shutdown".

Not the leas of which unemployment comes through the states... backed up by federal money. Most likely the states would just continue on knowing that they would get paid once the shutdown ends.

Originally Posted by eohrnberger

I don't see how they could,

They serve a president who has blamed all of his missteps on the Tsunami in Japan (and, alternatively, the earthquake in Japan), George Bush, "the party of 'no'," and just about everything else that stands still long enough to attract his gaze.

I have no DOUBTS the democrats leading the senate will conjure up a way to blame the republicans for their inactivity.