Thursday, October 10, 2013

POLITICS - The U.S. Financial Hostage Crises, Ripple Effects

"Apartments sit vacant as shutdown delays move-in for San Francisco's homeless" PBS Newshour 10/9/2013

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SUMMARY:  A new housing development in San Francisco is ready for its new tenants -- homeless individuals and families -- to move into apartments of their own.  But due to the government shutdown, units that are federally subsidized sit empty.  Mina Kim of KQED reports on how the standstill in Washington is affecting people in California.



"How federal agencies are able to fluctuate their furloughed workforce" PBS Newshour 10/9/2013

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SUMMARY:  The government shutdown has touched hundreds of thousands of federal employees, but as the shutdown stretches on, the distinction between essential and non-essential has varied depending on agency and need.  Jeffrey Brown talks to Reid Wilson of The Washington Post and Gregory Korte of USA Today for a broad look at the impact.

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