Government Shutdown Pulls Plug on Weekend Event At Horsham Air Station
It was to have been an open house and "Hometown Heroes Day," expected to draw 10,000 people to the base on Saturday.
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It was to have been an open house and "Hometown Heroes Day," expected to draw 10,000 people to the base on Saturday.
Members of our local congressional delegation heard shots fired near the Capitol on Thursday.
The opportunity to try a meal that our forefathers might have enjoyed was snatched from the table by the current members of Congress, who have failed to end the federal budget deadlock.
Even the advocates hired to help customers through the process were surprised at the initial response.
Tourists on the historical circuit were finding slim pickings today, with the major sites closed for the government funding crisis.
More than 100 members of the American Federation of Government Employees gathered outside a Social Security building after being told they either had to go home or work with the possibility they may not get paid.
The law allows you to buy insurance through an exchange, with part of the premium possibly offset by a tax credit.
Many tourist were disappointed as sites run by the federal government were closed due to the government shutdown.
Frank LoBiondo, a South Jersey Republican, says he'll write a check to the US Treasury for every dime he gets while he has to furlough half his staff.
The federal government is in the first day of a partial government shutdown but that hasn't stopped our elected leaders on both sides of the aisle from continuing to try to build their campaign coffers.
The longer a shutdown goes on, the more it will be felt in day-to-day lives and in the economy as a whole.
A government shutdown would have far-reaching consequences for some, but minimal impact on others.
If the federal government shuts down, what does that mean for those who are relying on a federally insured loan and have a closing date in the near future?
"The problem is the extreme right is driving the train, at least in the Congress," Casey said at 30th Street Station.
His social media habit raised some eyebrows this week after the website Buzzfeed disclosed that he direct messaged with a stripper from Oregon.
