In Montana this shutdown, caused by an irresponsible few, is also hurting veterans.
"Even as conservative as Cuccinelli is, he could have prevailed but for the fact that his Tea Party allies in Congress leveraged this shutdown and drove people way, particularly in northern Virginia where a lot of people care about the government".
In bringing about this shutdown, the Republicans are infecting our political processes with the pathologies that made the American health-care system such a mess.
From forgetting to set an 'out-of-office' email in preparation for this shutdown to barely passing a biology midterm, the collected group had much to share.
Congress has approved and the President has signed several spending bills since the first shutdown, in mid-November, so this shutdown is expected to mean furloughs for only 280,000 workers, instead of the 800,000 let off last month.
Many of the workers who have been put in a lousy position by this shutdown are far removed from the political back and forth in DC.
What is at stake in this government shutdown forced by a radical Tea Party minority is nothing less than the principle upon which our democracy is based: majority rule.
In this work shutdown dose rates (SDR) for in-vessel and ex-vessel regions are calculated for maintenance purposes under a commercial irradiation scenario.
This shutdown resulted in 800,000 workers being furloughed.
