Sentences with phrase «government shutdown because»

Now, we've been through several rounds of threats of government shutdown because Congress has had difficulty deciding upon how much more to expand the budget every few months.

Not exact matches

Economists were saved from the embarrassment of being wrong again in their forecasts of the monthly change in non-farm payrolls this past Friday because the government shutdown prevented the release of the September employment report.

Further, half of the survey's 2,000 respondents say that they expect holiday shoppers to spend less because of the U.S. government shutdown earlier this fall, which put a damper on consumer sentiment.

Shapiro of MFR says a July move is possible, especially because of rising concern that September will feature a standoff over the federal budget for fiscal year 2016 that could include another government shutdown.

Is the economy going into a tailspin because of a possible government shutdown?»»

I haven't had much to say about the partial government shutdown / debt ceiling squabble because I find it simultaneously confusing, irritating, and boring.

The reason the priest can't volunteer is because there's a federal law which states federal employees may not continue to work voluntarily during a government shutdown.

Because of the sectarian nature of Lebanese politics, modern Lebanese history is rife with coups, invasions, civil wars and government shutdowns.

They shutdown because they didn't have a budget, and the law limits what a US Government agency can spend if they don't have a budget.

That's because Cuomo has tasked the Medicaid Relief Redesign Team with proposing cuts of its own by March 1 — one month before the April 1 budget deadline (and remember, Cuomo is reportedly willing to risk a government shutdown rather than let the budget battle drag on indefinitely).

«It is shocking that Grinch Andrew Cuomo is advocating for a shutdown of the federal government because he didn't get his way on denying New York's working families a tax cut of $ 100 or more in their monthly paychecks,» Collins said in a statement.

Here's Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos insisting to CapTon's Mike Whittemore than it «doesn't matter how you vote» on today's budget bills because the threat of a government shutdown has essentially been averted by the two - way deal.

Tenney was scheduled to speak at the Syracuse Right to Life march, but was in Washington because of the government shutdown.

The jobs data was delayed until today because of the month - long federal government shutdown that prevented jobs statistics to be sent to New York after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics was closed.

Seeing a loophole to be exploited between the loose language of the law and the clear intent, when it came time to shut down the government, furlough workers, and stop checks from being issued, they got a convenient legal ruling that said, yes, suspending their own pay is considered altering the pay of Congress (because the law didn't just say pay raises) during the same session, therefore, it is illegal for them not to collect their paychecks during a shutdown.

And Democratic sources on both sides of Capitol Hill said they expected the bill to pass just because many lawmakers can't stomach the thought of another government shutdown over the issue of the Dreamers.

Tenney told WRVO that she was saying the idea of a total government shutdown was dramatic because essential services like the military did not close during the event.

Fusion research at the National Ignition Facility has come a step closer to fruition, but scientists can not share because of government shutdown

Certainly during the shutdown of the federal government, when we had to furlough [about] 8,500 staff and couldn't protect Americans as effectively because of that — that was a terrible time.

More than a year's worth of expensive data used to trace the shape of the Milky Way galaxy could become worthless as a result of today's closure of U.S. - based radio telescopes because of the government shutdown.

The shutdown is «just deeply disappointing because Congress has had months to fund the government,» said Ken Kimmell, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in a statement.

A shutdown is imminent because Congress has not passed a spending bill to finance the government for the 2014 fiscal year, which begins at midnight.

This memo comes as agencies are being forced to play catch up because of the government shutdown.

I feel the real reason is because the government shutdown no reason my return should be delayed.

Jersey City fireworks, JCI file photo by Steve Gold As we all know, the New Jersey state government had a partial shutdown this weekend because of a budget impasse closing state run offices, courts, parks and beaches.

If the benchmark for action is unified agreement, should we shutdown every business and government because they don't act on unanimous support?

On Wednesday, Lizza spoke with Fresh Air's Dave Davies about the Keystone XL pipeline and how because of the government shutdown, now is a good time to take action on climate change.

October saw a surge in membership numbers because of the government shutdown.