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ENDING THE SHUTDOWN
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THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 2013
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Today President Barack Obama signed into law a bill extending the government’s borrowing power to Jan. 17. The bill passed one day before the U.S would have defaulted. Republicans and Democrats made concessions to pass the 11th hour bill, ending a 16-day partial government shutdown. Dollar amounts in billions 2013 $16.7 trillion
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WASHINGTON — Up against a deadline, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed legislation late Wednesday night to avoid a threatened national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown, the culmination of an epic political drama that placed the U.S. economy at risk. The Senate voted first, a bipartisan 81-18 at midevening. That cleared the way for a final 285-144 vote in the Republican-controlled House about two hours later on the bill, which hewed strictly to the terms Obama laid down when the twin crises SPEAKING erupted more than three weeks ago. WITH SEN. The legislation would permit the Treasury to borrow DONNELLY normally through Feb. 7 or perhaps a month longer, See what the and fund the government through Jan. 15. More than Indiana senator 2 million federal workers would be paid — those who said about had remained on the job and those who had been drafting the bill furloughed. + PAGE 5 After the Senate approved the measure, Obama hailed the vote and quickly signed the bill early Thursday. “We’ll begin reopening our government immediately, and we can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty from our businesses and the American people,” the president said. In the House, Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., said, “After two long weeks, it is time to end this government shutdown. It’s time to take the threat of default off the table. It’s time to restore some sanity to this place.” The stock market surged higher at the prospect of an end to the crisis that also had threatened to shake confidence in the U.S. economy overseas. Republicans conceded defeat after a long struggle. “We fought the good fight. We just didn’t win,” conceded House Speaker John Boehner as lawmakers lined up to vote on a bill that includes nothing for GOP lawmakers who had demand to eradicate or scale back Obama’s signature health care overhaul.
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HARRY REID, Senate majority leader
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UNITED STATES DEBT CEILING The debt ceiling was created in 1917 during World War I however the legislation that we use today stems from laws created in 1940. Since then the debt ceiling has steadily risen to meet the increasing need of the American government.
Athletics offer $10,000 for student crowd
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Dance Marathon to try to boost attendance at home football game KAITLIN LANGE STAFF REPORTER | kllange@bsu.edu Ball State’s athletic department will offer Ball State University Dance Marathon $10,000 if they can get 10,000 students to next home game Nov. 6. The athletic department approached BSUDM late BY THE NUMBERS in September about Project $10,000. BSUDM is an organization that raises money for Riley Hospital for Children through a 12- goal attendance for Dance hour dance marathon and Marathon to bring to the Nov. 6 Ball State football other fundraisers. Brian Hardin, deputy home game athletics director, said this specific game is amount Ball State athletics important because it’s will pay BSUDM if they the only televised home have students attend game for any Ball State sport. Hardin said the game against Central Michigan University will air on ESPN2 and reach attend football games on average this season 70 million homes. “It’s a chance for Ball State students to really for each student BSUDM show their pride and kind brings past 5,000, even if of put themselves on the they don’t reach their goal map,” he said. “This is the one time this year where, whether you are an alumni in New York or LA, you can tune in and watch the will have access to watch the game on T.V. Cardinals play.” Hardin said they mainly chose BSUDM because of its cause and ability to appeal to people of all types across campus. Hardin, who has a son at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, said he especially appreciates the cause. “I truly, really support what they are trying to accomplish,” he said. “They stand for a lot of things that are right. They do an amazing job of bringing people together, and that’s what we want to do. We want to bring people together to celebrate Ball State at this football game.”
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SOURCE: Congressional Research Service, whitehouse.gov, fas.org
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STUDENTS RESPOND TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Government battling budget ‘just the latest episode,’ said political science professor
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The 16-day federal government shutdown was an example of the United States government’s inability to work for the public good, said some Ball State students. “I think it is absurd, after all this time they can’t come together,” said Quinten Pattison, a freshman construction management major. “That’s their job, to run the government.” Freshman nursing major Shantelle Whitsey likened the partisan bickering to a fit a child might throw if they didn’t get their way. “The next time a teenage girl goes off, they can’t say anything,” she said. “They are just throwing the same type of temper tantrum.” Daniel Reagan, a political science professor, said this party line budget battle has happened at least two times in recent memory.
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HOW HAS THE SHUTDOWN AFFECTED YOUR OPINION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?
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way I view the government, I think it has just made it more public.
“Most Americans know that Washington has been pretty divided, this is just the latest episode,” he said. “It is kind of a dramatic example of the extent to which there is this deadlock.” In 2000, when George H. W. Bush was president, the government came close to a shutdown due to the debt ceiling. The longest government shutdown lasted 21 days in the 90s under former president Bill Clinton. Becca Howard, a Ball State employee and recent alumna, said she thinks most Americans don’t worry about politics. “The government is just a mess anyway,” she said. “I didn’t see an immediate effect, so I don’t think about [the shutdown] everyday.” Freshman physical therapy major Elise Ingram also said she doesn’t think the government shutdown or debt ceiling crisis affected her life. “Everything is corrupt anyway,” she said. “I feel like they are not being supportive [of] the citizens’ needs.”
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JOHN HICKERSON, a junior advertising major
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people who ... are truly trying to represent their constituents. But this whole thing with the shutdown is just ridiculous and honestly I lost more respect for the government than before.
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FRED ROBINSON, a junior telecommunications major
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MYRIAM LOZANO, a freshman 4. MOSTLY SUNNY 5. SUNNY undecided major THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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