Sentence examples for if there is a shutdown from inspiring English sources

If there is a shutdown, it won't last long.

"The President has assured that he and his party will take the blame if there is a shutdown, not just because of the way he rejected [the deal] but because of the fact that he hasn't accepted a reasonable bipartisan plan to avert all this," the Democratic aide added.

Still, the likelihood is that the Republicans will lose politically if there is a shutdown.

If there is a shutdown of the agency, most employees would be considered essential and would continue working, but they wouldn't receive paychecks.

Even if there is a shutdown or debt limit breach, neither would lead to a downgrade of the nation's AAA credit rating, said Steven A. Hess, the credit rating company's senior vice president.

At issue is legislation needed to keep the government running through the Sept. 30 end of the budget year, and a desire by all sides to avoid being blamed politically if there is a shutdown.

#SoIHaveThatGoingForMe — UnsophisticaTed (@Tekee) 30 Sep 13 In case you are wondering, Jeff's job is labeled "essential" so we won't have to live on a part time teacher's salary if there's a shutdown.

She said she had called US Airways on Tuesday night to find out what would happen to their return trip if there was a shutdown, and was told "we have to wait until Sunday; so we don't know how we are going to get back".

I said if there's a shutdown, we're going to get the blame.

He added, "we should realize that polls do show that people are going to blame everybody in Washington if there's a shutdown".

"If there's a shutdown the President is going to be able to say that the Republican leadership was forced into this by their Tea Party constituents," said Fineman in reference to a possible government shutdown.