Government Shutdown 2011

Reading Journal #2...... Page#12....... April 7, 2011...... Cathy Davis Government Shutdown 2011............................... Summary: With a midnight deadline looming for a government closure, the compromise between the Democrats and Republicans requires lawmakers to approve stopgap funding to keep federal agencies running inot next week until the budget agreement can be formally enacted. The plan calls for thirty nine billion in spending cuts. Therea was no immediate comment from the white House or congressional Democrats. ................................................................. A shutdonw would have idled hundreds of thousands of workers and carry political risks for Obama and his fellow Democrats as well as opposition Republicans, who would be see by voters as failing to make