This is wjz baltimore. From the city to the counties to your neighborhood. Now, its complete coverage its wjz marylands news station. Pending government shut down. Time is ticking away as deadline draws closer. Controversy over passing a spending bill to avoid a shut down heats up. The fingerpointing and plans for the days ahead. Good evening i am linh bui tomorrow the budget battle shifts to the senate as lawmakers race against the clock. They need to reach a deal to avoid a partial shut counsel but the Sticking Point is the health care law. Tara mergener has the latest from capitol hill. Sundayed a noof roon afternoon. Reporter good sunday afternoon. Reporter republicans took aim. The senate needs to act. Why are they waiting . Why arent those doors open . Reporter latest house bill passed saturday ties funding for federal agencies with the one year delay in parts of the Affordable Care act. We are asking them if good in good faith come back and do what is recierd in a demog required
Partly sunny to partly cloudy skies. Temperatures around 80 degrees. In the low 80s for some of us. Dinnertime around 68. Yet again another dry and Beautiful Day. Over to you. All right. Rush hour is on the move. Lets check in with Sharon Gibala in wjz traffic control. Good morning, sharon. Good morning, everyone. We have two accidents. The good thing is we dont have any delays yet. One accident is on west padonia road, harrisburg expressway. The other liberty at franklinville road. Heading out on the beltway, speeds are looking great. 54 and 55 are the outer loop averages. Still overall great speeds out there. There is 895 at the harbor tunnel where traffic is moving pretty well there in and out in the north and southbound lanes. That is 95 not bad out of the fort mchenry tunnel. Now wjz has the stories people are talking about this morning while you were sleeping the president orders a partial shut down of the federal government. For the first time in 17 Years Congress failed to pass
Budget hot potato back in the hands of the house. Theyre spinning their wheels. We are not going to change obamacare. Reporter but that is exactly what House Speaker john boehner intends to do. Were gonna move here in the next several hours to take the senate bill, add to it a one year delay of the individual mandate on the American People, and get rid of the exemption for members of congress. Reporter some congressional staffers here on capitol hill have already received furlough notices, saying if the deal isnt reached by midnight, they wont get paid. If there is a partial Government Shutdown, passports will be delayed. Gun permits wont be processed. And about 800,000 federal workers would be forced off the job without pay. In washington, danielle nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. Now the budget isnt the only battle being waged in the halls of congress. Lawmakers also have to vote on raising the nations debt limit by midoctober or the federal government will default on its loans. Tens