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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Govt Shutdown Will Affect Troops, National Parks, Social Securities And Congressional Facilities

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The deal reached between congressional leaders at white house will affect national parks, troops, post offices, congressman, social security offices and congressional facilities.
Though sky will not fall but still public has huge concerns over Federal Government’s shutdown deal. Congressional leaders agreed by midnight in White House over cutting billions of dollars funding in order to avoid the first shutdown on behalf of government in 15 years period. They have reached a short-term deal and work is continuing for agreement over a long-term deal.
All national parks like Rocks National Lakeshore, Isle Royale National Park of Michigan will close after the deal is signed by the leaders of federal government. Similarly, Post offices will continue their operations and you will be getting your mail, but their worker’s number will decrease. Just like post offices, government is also looking to decrease its expenditures on congressional facilities. In this background Huizenga, a congressman, said that he was sleeping in his room. Due to reduction in facilities, he would not be able to shave and shower on expenditures of government. But he said that troops were more important than his shave and shower.



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Friday, April 8, 2011

Congressional Blame Game Begins Before Government Shutdown Starts

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As a potential federal government shutdown looms, there are parallel efforts underway -- one to figure out how to reach an agreement, and another to cast blame in case there isn't one.

And as both parties focused on a temporary measure to avoid a shutdown, lawmakers were already pointing fingers.



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Friday, April 1, 2011

Michelle Obama's Former Congressional District Ranks Last for Healthy Behavior, Study Finds

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Michelle Obama's campaign to get Americans to eat healthier apparently hasn't reached the congressional district she and President Obama used to call home.

The 1st Congressional District of Illinois ranks dead last in the nation for "healthy behavior," according to a new study released by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

The index measured 436 districts, including the 435 U.S. congressional districts and the District of Columbia. The Obamas' former district ranked 436th in 2010, down from 408 in 2009, the first year the Obamas were in the White House.

The top 10 congressional districts for "healthy behavior" were in California. The state's 46th district, which Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher represents, ranked No. 1 and its 14th district, represented by Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo came in second.

The second worst congressional district for "healthy behavior" was Kentucky's 5th district, represented by Republican Rep. Hal Rogers, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. CNSNews.com, which was first to report the survey, suggested that is no surprise since as chairman, Rogers oversees congressional pork -- federal spending on lawmakers' pet projects in their home districts.

The Well-Being Index is the product of a partnership created in 2008 between the polling company Gallup and the health-care company Healthways to develop a system for methodically measuring the well-being of Americans.

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