This Counts as an Emergency

Come ON!! Take up a collection in the House and Senate ASAP and empty some pockets to get these checks wired IMMEDIATELY. But of course, forget about all the kids staying home from head start, the CDC workers staying home without pay, the National Guard families trying to figure out how to pay their mortgages, Veterans taking odd jobs to make the rent, Americans delaying surgeries, cancer treatment, emptying their savings to get by this month. How about you declare this an Emergency and not a blame game. Every one of you should have been sitting in a closed room, no cameras, no press, until you come out with a long-term agreement, not some four week fix. Yeah it's hard, we GET that. But that is your job. Try harder.

Shutdown outrage: Military death benefits denied to families of fallen troops

www.washingtontimes.com

At least five families of U.S. military members killed during in Afghanistan over the weekend were given a double-whammy by federal officials: Not only have your loved