government shutdown Archive
Washington, DC – As Congress rapidly approaches another GOP shutdown, Congresswoman Leereleased this statement on the attacks on women’s health and called for responsible governing: “Today, Congress stands just seven legislative days from another manufactured GOP government shutdown that would cripple our …
In the Spotlight Headlines from the first week of October have stressed that the government shutdown would specifically impact programs designed to aid poor and vulnerable populations. This is no longer simply speculative. As the government remains shut down for …
This is part 2 in Mary-Margaret Sweeney’s series Chronicling an MSW Internship. My father was first-generation American. His parents came from Ireland through Ellis Island, and settled in New Jersey. Because of this family history, I have held a long …
It’s easy to lose faith in your government when it decides to close its doors over bipartisan ideological conflicts. Republicans blame the Democrats, and vice-versa, in one feel swoop leaving out the shades of grey that accompany all of life, …
Few people believed the government would be shutdown because the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party are so adamant about the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which they derisively refer to as “ObamaCare”. Yet, here …
The government shutdown is looming. We thought it would prudent to scour the internet for ways that the shutdown would affect social workers and our clients. Here are some of the highlights ( Well lowlights really..)
Government Shutdown 2013: Thoughts of a Jaded Captain. We’ve all done it. We bought something on credit we really couldn’t afford, we got a fancy-shmancy new and shiny credit card because Alec Baldwin, or Jimmy Fallon, or whoever else is …
Scare tactics at the ready, it is time for the annual threat of a government shut-down. Senator Ted Cruz is doing it in style too, taking time out of his filibuster like speech against the Affordable Care Act to read …
