After the Senate voted 81-18 to pass bill to end government shutdown, the house followed by voting 285-144. Huffington Post is reporting that President Obama will quickly reopen government by signing the bill. [ione_media_gallery id=”3438067″]
With a federal shutdown looming, District leaders openly debated Tuesday morning whether to defy Congress and keep the city government open even if Capitol Hill leaders are unable to reach a spending accord. Read More [ione_media_gallery id=”3422475″]
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray announced that the city’s public schools would be closed Monday ahead of the forecasted arrival of Hurricane Sandy. Calling the storm “unique, large, [and] dangerous,” Gray also revealed that he had requested pre-landfall disaster relief from President Obama and asked that the city’s charter schools consider shutting their doors as well […]
There’s no getting around it. Washington, DC and its surrounding area was built on the back of the Federal government so the looming government shutdown will surely have a debilitating effect on the region’s workers. If no budget gets passed in Congress in time the federal government will be forced into furlough on Friday at […]