After seeing a 50percentt increase in rides to and from Williamsburg during the fall mini-shutdown, a spokesperson for Via said the ViaPass would be rolled out again once the Canarsie Tunnel goes offline, but instead run seven days a week.
But the real question is, where will blame fall if a shutdown actually happens?
You have heard, mayhap, of the great GOP "rebranding?" If so, you may have also heard, mayhap, that this has not gone so well, and that this fall's government shutdown michegas continued to demonstrate some deep-seated divisions about the future path of the GOP.
He said that Republicans know "with them in charge, a shutdown falls on their back.
However, because the beginning of the shutdown fell during what is typically a lighter ridership period — during the Christmas holiday — the immediate impact was not expected to break Metro's $1.8 billion operating budget.
One key to assuring the shutdown fell into place this month, when Ukraine obtained a $215 million international loan to complete the construction of two long-idled reactor sites that will make up for the loss of Unit 3. Mr. Kuchma sought to today to put a good face on the shutdown, traveling to the reactor to honor the dead workers and the Ukrainians sickened by radiation.
Because the shutdown fell smack in the middle of one of the agency's thrice-a-year review periods, many peer-review panels will now meet early next year.
The agency will also reschedule submission dates that fell during the shutdown for applicants responding to program solicitations, a process that Marrett said will have a ripple effect on future solicitations as well.
(If he is serious, this is a hazardous development; Congress will need to act, and Trump will need to sign legislation, to prevent a shutdown this fall).
According to Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei of Politico in a piece aptly headline "Eve of destruction," the prospects of a disastrous fall with a government shutdown or an unprecedented default have Republican strategists and donors freaked out.
