TOW #4

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/politics/government-shutdown-up-to-speed/index.html

By now, we've all heard about the government shutdown, which is what the US government is currently going through due to an inability to pass a spending bill. A part of the Republican party, or GOP, refuses to agree to a spending bill because they want to strip funding for the new Obamacare bill. The democrats refuse to agree to a new Obamacare budget cut, so a spending bill was never agreed on. This article was written by CNN as a guide on how to understand the government shutdown, and to make clear some confusion about which positions of the government would be temporarily out of work. This, however, could be bad for the government long-term because a lot of people aren't getting paid and because congress has to decide on what to do about the debt ceiling before October 17th, or the country might default on its 16.99 trillion USD debt. As far as public reaction goes, this government shutdown will negatively affect the GOP because most Americans lay the blame unto them.