Local reaction to potential government shutdown - KALB-TV News
Channel 5 & CBS 2  Local reaction to potential government
shutdown  Posted: Updated:  ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB News Channel
5) - With the political drama unfolding in congress, a potential
shutdown of the federal government is possible.  Congress has
not passed a budget in years. Since then congress has been
passing continuing resolutions to fund the government.  "The
federal government in the last six years has not had a budget.
They've been existing on continuing resolutions which is a fancy
way of saying we're going to spend the same amount of money we
did last year but with built in increases," explained LSUA
Political Science Professor Jim Rogers.  If a continuing
resolution is not passed by the October 1st deadline, the
government will shut down; but what does that mean?  "There are
lots of people in Washington and all over the country who are
considered non-essential personnel. Those people will be
furloughed. They'll essentially be told to go