Activity 2:
On October 1st, 2013, the government shut down for who knows how long. It shut down because there was disagreement between the House of Representatives and the other two branches. The other two branches are the President and the Senate. Their disagreement was over the new healthcare plan also known as Obamacare.
Many parts of our government have shut down. A lot of services that were available to be used by the people of the USA are not available anymore until the shutdown is over. Any people who had jobs connected with the government were temporarily laid off without pay. One of the saddest things in my opinion is that the families of people who have died in the military are not getting the $100,000 check they usually get for losing a family member. The government are doing things to get this to stop, but they are mostly just fighting.
The House of Representatives are passing bills to try to stop the issue but the senate and the President are not in agreement. Personally I think that the House, the President and the Senate are acting like immature babies. Obama, The Leader of The House and of the Senate all need to sit down at a table and agree on something to stop this. They don’t need to cuddle and become “besties” but they need to something so that the government will open back up.
Public Domain – Official White House Photo by Pete Souza from Wikipedia.com