Today is the recall of disproportionate share funds to Public Hospitals who take care of uninsured and underinsured individuals. Mr. Kingston if i could, i want to ask you a question , on page four a little bit on the end of page 3, but the authority under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer nonpersonnel related administrative expenses. It seems pretty straightforward. My understanding is within the budget for the appropriation for the National Institute of health there is something is thats called the h. H. S. Path, that is 2 to 3 of the moneys appropriated for the National Institutes of health actually come back to the department of health and Human Services and used whatever purposes the secretary of the department of health and Human Services sees fit. Am i correct about that . You are. Its actually 2 1 2 , the administration wants to increase to 3. 2 . What our bill would do is put it at 1 . But the
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With democrats and republicans still pitted against each other. And the firestorm, well, it is hotter than ever. Nbcs tracie potts has the latest overnight. Reporter starting this Morning National parks are closed. Political trials on hold. Social security payments possibly delayed. Food inspections scaled back. And many head start preschools shut down. Lawmakers left capitol hill early this morning thoroughly frustrated. This is ridiculous. We are back to square one. John boehner named eight people to negotiate a plan to reopen the government. I would hope that the senate would accept our offer to discuss this so we can resolve this with the American People. Reporter president obama had a midnight message for u. S. Troops. Theyll get paid, but civilians face furloughs. You and your families deserve better than the dysfunction were seeing in congress. Reporter democrats and republicans are at odds whether to put the brakes on the Affordable Care act. Signups start today. As 800,000 fed
Today, much of the United States government will be forced to shutdown tomorrow. I want to be very clear about what that shutdown would mean. What will remain open and what will not. With regard to operations that will continue, if you are on social security, you will keep receiving your checks. If you are on medicare, your doctor will still see you. Everyones mail will still be delivered. Government operations related to National Security or Public Safety will go on. Troops will continue to serve with skill, honor and courage. Air traffic controllers, prison guards, those who are with Border Patrol will remain on their posts. But, their paychecks will be delayed until the government reopens. Nasa will shut down almost entirely. But, Mission Control will remain open to support the astronauts serving on the space station. I also want to be clear about what will change. Office buildings will close. Paychecks will be delayed, Vital Services that seniors and veterans, women and children, b
With a bully you cannot let them slap you around because they slap you around today they slap you five or six times. Tomorrow its seven or eight times. This back and forth has been ongoing for two weeks as the two sides inch towards a shut down president obama met with his cabinet to make plans. The battle is not over. It will come up over the fight of over raising the nations Borrowing Limit in two weeks. Craig boswell, fox news. Our Team Coverage continues fox 5 will thomas has been on capitol hill. Will, i imagine the mood is somber . It is really clear lawmakers are digging in. It seems no one is budging. It seems like this shut down is immanent. House leaders are getting negotiators to come up with some sort of plan to pen potentially that they can present to the senate so its not boehner and mcconnell. The big question will the senate name negotiators so you can see a meaningful conference. Lets get perspective right now. Right now there is no plan for now keep the government ope