93.7 WBLK Radio -- The People's Station » Government Shutdown http://wblk.com The People's Station Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:44:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Federal Government Avoids Shutdown http://wblk.com/federal-government-avoids-shutdown/ http://wblk.com/federal-government-avoids-shutdown/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:39:51 +0000 frank.dawkins http://wblk.com/?p=9223 All this week U.S. citizens feared that our government and a large majority of programs would be on lockdown. But due to an 11th hour deal President Obama avoided that problem until the new deadline this Thursday.

]]> http://wblk.com/federal-government-avoids-shutdown/feed/ 0 Getty Images Breakdown Of The Government Shutdown http://wblk.com/breakdown-of-the-government-shutdown/ http://wblk.com/breakdown-of-the-government-shutdown/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:44:05 +0000 jaclynkennedy01 http://wblk.com/?p=9079 With all the controversy surrounding the potential ‘shutdown’ of our Federal Government, our country is caught in one of the biggest financial crises to date and now they have till Friday to figure it out. My question is; HOW DID WE GET HERE? How could our government let spending get sooooo out of control that they have to shut themselves down?

Read more for how our country got in this mess, how they’re planning to get out if it, and what does all this mean for us.

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