There's a plan to pay government employees going up in the house

[hootinholler]

I hope they get it passed, but, for every employee there are probably 4 contractors who are loosing pay over the shutdown.

I seriously doubt we will get any help.

[sendero]

1. Sorry...

.... no piecemeal solutions. I hope the Senate just says no. The Republicans need to capitulate fully and learn a valuable lesson.

[hootinholler]

2. This isn't a piecemeal solution

I think it kicks in when it's all resolved.

[sendero]

3. Oh do you mean..

... "back pay"? I thought you were talking about another of those "exception" bills crafted by the house, like the National Parks bill.

As far as back pay I'm very cool with that but I want Obama to stand firm and not make this easy for the pukes by undoing the shutdown a bit at a time.

[LuvNewcastle]

4. I agree. He's doing the right thing so far; he just needs to keep it up.

What they've wanted all along is the ability to pick and choose which parts of the government they will fund. Nobody gets to do that, at least not a faction of one party in the House.