House Republican leaders won approval, in a vote of 228 to 201, of a new plan to tie further government spending to a one-year delay in a requirement that individuals buy health insurance. The House proposal would deny federal subsidies to members of Congress, Capitol Hill staff, executive branch political appointees, White House staff, and the president and vice president, who would be forced to buy their health coverage on the Affordable Care Act’s new insurance exchanges.

But 57 minutes later, and with almost no debate, the Senate killed the House health care provisions and sent the stopgap spending bill right back, free of policy prescriptions. Earlier in the day, the Senate had taken less than 25 minutes to convene and dispose of a weekend budget proposal by the House Republicans.

“They’ve lost their minds,” Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, said before disposing of the House bill. “They keep trying to do the same thing over and over again.”

I feel bad for anyone who ends up affected by this shutdown that seems inevitable. Neither side is willing to negotiate.

So, unless there is some last minute deal the government will shutdown in the morning. I am not sure what the Republicans are thinking, they will get blamed for this. Every poll shows that. It is worse for someone like me who works for the Park Service, since I will be furloughed tomorrow. I hope it is a short shutdown, and we are back to work by the end of the week.

Does that also mean they dont pay you anymore?

No, strangely enough, they will receive double payment. The shutdown is just for shits and giggles.

I get paid for my hours, which I have worked. The problem is for the hours, which I am out of work. They could compensate us like they did 17 years ago, but who knows at this point. And I have to go in for up to 4 hours to help close the place down. I really hope the stock market falls 300 points and that could help show congress how bad idea this was. I do think this will get resolved quickly. I be shocked if it was shut down for more than a week.

http://finance.yahoo.com/ It is up 29 as of the date of this posting.

Why would you want the market to collapse? Isn't it kind of sickening that our economy is now fake and tied to how much Government is spending or the amount of money it is pumping into the economy? How many businesses have 800,000 non-essential employees?

What GS level are you?

I am GS-5, and I don't think it is a bad thing to have that many non-essential employees. Most of those are the Parks, Museums, and other agencies that wouldn't survive as private non-profits or for profits and are important to our country.

5? I would have guessed 8 or 9 with a degree. Parks Service seems harsh relative to my DoD counterparts who are 10s to 14s.

you spelled "government" wrong