Attractions, Zoo could be affected by the shutdown

The Government shutdown could have far-reaching effects if the current budget impasse is resolved. Those who visit national parks, including the State of freedom and the Grand Canyon to name of only two, will be be rejected in the near future. Also the next space shuttle launch would be delayed in the case of the Government shutdown.

The statue of liberty-probably said to avert huddled masses yearning for access, the same fate as the Grand Canyon and other U.S. suffer National Park, a U.S. budget impasse Friday is not resolved, officials.

With the White House and Congress reached a dead end about issues, contingency plans were made for a shut down non-essential eGovernment services. This could be some 800,000 federal employees and locations, such as the Smithsonian Institution museums including the National Zoo influence.

The National Zoo was closed, but Zoo officials assured discovery messages, which care for the plant would continue to animals.

"All behind the scenes work relating to the animals zoo will be the same," said Lindsay Renick Mayer of the Smithsonian's National Zoo in an e-Mail to Discovery News. "The animals will be made all the possibilities, that they be done any other time."

But the shutdown would affect operated by the National Park Service, including the popular attractions in the West such as Yellowstone and Alcatraz pages.

"We hope there will be no Government shutdown." "If there is a Government shutdown, we all our 394 national park sites, will close", Park Service spokesman David Barna said.

The Agency is not only parks and historical landmarks including the statue of liberty in New York Harbor and the former prison of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay.

These sites host an average 800,000 unique visitors per day at this time of year.

If they are shut down, removed Barna Rangers in place, and in the Park, where people live in camping or hotel, "We will ask them to leave," said people would turn.

Shutting down the Park Service would maintain only around 2,000 of the 17,000 employees at protecting sites. A further 15,000 employees of subcontractors such as hotels would risk no budget is approved also layoffs.

Barna said that the economic losses would be from a shutdown of the Web sites to around 32 million dollars per day.

Also the next NASA shuttle ready, now 29 April, could be affected. After one would today published NASA memo only tasks for the protection of life and assets critical during the shutdown process a Government further. So, the work on new shuttle launches and other new projects could face an indefinite delay.

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The Board of management: Shutdown Watch: six days out

 

With six days left until spending authority runs the Federal Government, still President Obama spoke to Congressional leaders as employees working over the weekend on a compromise, which could happen next week.

Every day the caucus is a daily afternoon roundup of PR efforts by both sides which deadline approaches April 8 offer. Check back here, caught on the to and fro.

* House speaker John Boehner continue to insist that no deal on how much the budget cut made. "Now, you have heard, claim a democratic leader agreement on this issue, but let me make it clear," Mr. Boehner said in the weekly Republican address on Saturday. "There is no agreement." "Republicans possible help still largest reductions of appropriations to end Washington's job crushing fight binge spending."

Mr. Boehner said in his speech that the negotiators have made some "early progress" by admit we cut Democrats Mr Obama budget. But he said that "nowhere near enough."

* The White House said that Mr Obama calls separate Mr. Boehner and Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, majority leader, discussed the budget negotiations.

"The President made it clear that we all understand the need, cut spending, and the progress made, taken, agree to all work on the same number - 73 billion $ in spending this year alone cuts highlighted," said in a statement on the call of the White House.

"The President said that he his team rely continue to work hard over the weekend with the Appropriators to help the resolution on the composition of achieving these reductions, and reaffirms our opposition to cuts, which will undermine our economic growth, job creation", and our ability to win the future. "He continued clearly, that we continue this process using against efforts, to an ideological agenda on issues, to do nothing with reduction in expenditure, or the reduction of the deficit."

"The President stressed the progress that has been made, but made it clear that this process on time is running short, and it calls for both sides to reach a final solution and avoid a Government shutdown, which would be harmful to our economic recovery" the statement said.

But Michael steel, the speaker Mr. Boehner, added: "The speakers the President reminded, that there no"deal"or an agreement on a final figure, and he is also continue to press for the largest possible outputs cuts."

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