Government Shutdown 2013: Here’s The Truth About What Will Happen

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Government Shutdown 2013: Here’s The Truth About What Will Happen

September 20th, 2013

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

WASHINGTON — Here’s the truth about a government “shutdown.”

The government won’t shut down if a dysfunctional Washington can’t pass a funding bill before the new budget year begins Oct. 1.

Social Security payments will still go out on time. Troops will remain at their posts. Doctors and hospitals will get Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. Virtually every essential government agency – the FBI, the Border Patrol and the Coast Guard – will remain open. Officers will remain in full force at airport checkpoints.

Around the corner is a far bigger danger: Sometime in late October or early November, the government could run out of cash and be unable to pay all its bills on time. That could delay Social Security payments and wages for troops in the field.

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The Numbers

The House has 233 Republicans and 200 Democrats. Each party should pick up one more seat when two vacancies are filled. Going into the election, the GOP edge was 242-193. Senate Democrats will have a caucus of 55, including two independents, Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Republicans have 45. That’s a pickup of two seats for Democrats.

(Text <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130103/us-new-congress-glance/”>via the Associated Press</a>)
Women

The House will have 79 women, including 60 Democrats. At the end of the last session, there were 50 Democratic women and 24 Republican women. The new Senate will have 20 women members, an increase of three. That consists of 16 Democrats and four Republicans. The last Senate had 12 Democratic women and five Republicans.

(Text <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130103/us-new-congress-glance/”>via the Associated Press</a>)
Freshmen

With two vacancies to be filled, the House has 82 freshmen; 47 Democrats and 35 Republicans. As of the end of the last session, 87 of 103 freshmen were Republicans. The Senate will include 14 new faces, with nine Democrats and the independent King. Five are women. New senators include Brian Schatz, who was sworn in on Dec. 27 to fill the seat of the late Hawaii Democrat Daniel Inouye.

(Text <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130103/us-new-congress-glance/”>via the Associated Press</a>)

(Pictured at left: Incoming House freshmen of the 113th Congress pose for a group photo on the East steps of the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
African Americans

The House will have 40 African-Americans, all Democrats. The number of Democrats is unchanged, although two Republicans will be gone: Allen West, R-Fla., lost his re-election bid, and Tim Scott, R-S.C., was appointed to fill the Senate seat of Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who is retiring. Scott will be the first black lawmaker in the Senate since Roland Burris, who retired in 2010 after filling the Illinois Senate seat of Barack Obama for almost two years.

(Text <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130103/us-new-congress-glance/”>via the Associated Press</a>)

(Pictured at left: Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., who was appointed by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to replace outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., walks out of the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Hispanics

The new House will have 33 Hispanics, with 25 Democrats and eight Republicans. That’s up slightly from last year. The Senate will have three Hispanics: Democrat Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Republican Marco Rubio of Florida and Republican freshman Ted Cruz of Texas.

(Text <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130103/us-new-congress-glance/”>via the Associated Press</a>)

(Pictured at left: Rep.-elect Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, speaks with members of the media after a news conference with newly elected Democratic House members on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Other Minorities

The new House will have nine Asian Americans, all Democrats. There are two American Indians: Tom Cole, R-Okla., and Ben Lujan, D-N.M.

(Text <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130103/us-new-congress-glance/”>via the Associated Press</a>)

(Pictured at left: Sen.-elect, current Rep. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and her husband, Leighton Oshima ride the Senate Subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
Other Facts

According to CQ Roll Call newspaper, the average age of House members in the 113th Congress is 57; the average age of senators is 62. It estimates that the House will include some 277 Protestants and Catholics, 22 Jews, two Muslims and two Buddhists. The Senate will have 80 Protestants and Catholics and 10 Jews. The House will have its first Hindu, Rep.Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii. Senate freshman Mazie Hirono, also of Hawaii, will be the Senate’s only Buddhist and its first Asian American woman. Also for the first time, white men will be a minority among House Democrats.

(Text <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130103/us-new-congress-glance/”>via the Associated Press</a>)

Pictured at left: Rep.-elect Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii is seen on stage during a news conference with newly elected Democratic House members, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)