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Senate deal should avert government shutdown
September 26, 2011 6:41 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is on track to pass a stopgap spending measure to avert a government shutdown at the end of the week. The measure appears on track to pass the Senate Monday evening. The House would pass the measure later this week. The measure drops... more » -
Colorado mom says she wrote email cited by Obama
April 10, 2011 9:40 AM
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado mom says she and her family were watching TV in their pajamas when she heard President Barack Obama read from an email she wrote to tell him how a government shutdown could spoil her son's school trip. Shalini Schane (SHAL'-uh-nee SHAYN) of Longmont said... more » -
Post Exchange would close if government shuts down
April 8, 2011 7:26 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The military says food and other services for troops in war zones won't be interrupted by a government shutdown, but commissaries at U.S. facilities, including Fort Carson, may close. Col. Robert McLaughlin, the Fort Carson garrison commander, said Friday that department-store-style Exchanges will remain... more » -
If Government shuts down, will troops be paid?
April 5, 2011 5:05 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Pentagon spokesman says the Defense Department has not decided yet whether U.S. troops at war will be paid if the government shuts down this weekend due to the budget impasse. Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell says department leaders haven't figured out how pay would be... more »
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