If the government shuts down, who is picking and choosing who will still get paid??? The number one group of govt employees that should get paid are the MILITARY! What about retired military pay? What about disabled military veterans pay? I'm a DOD nurse working at an Army hospital, do I still get paid? Or do we just tell the patients, sorry but you won't get any care today because we won't get paid? Wake up Americans and start electing some officals that have some common sense!

why would president obama veto a bill so our military can get paid? the people on the hill should not get paid including the president.put him on the front lines and let his wife live on what their families have to live on then he would change his mind. why,why

its funny that if the gov. is shouts down the dem congress and the house still get paid and we who work for them do not.

My name is Captain Mark D. Natale; I am a Paratrooper and communications officer for a USASOC (US Army Special Operations Command) unit stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. I write this letter of concern today, not as an Army officer, but as a concerned citizen. The current Budget crisis that is unfolding in Washington has far reaching and dire implications to our men and women in uniform. I have had many Soldiers ask me “How will I support my family sir?”, “I can’t believe that I’m being asked to deploy to a combat zone with no guarantee of getting paid” and in every case, I have no good answer to give them. I write today to ask the members of Congress, the Senate, and the President to pass any measure, bill, or piece of legislation that will ensure that the men and women in uniform will not have a loss or delay in pay. In the military we have something called “second and third order effects”, which means that a loss/delay of pay to the members of the military will result in many people not being able to pay their bills, buy food and fuel, possibly miss mortgage payments, loss of child care and result in poor credit reporting, NSF bank fees and a possible loss of financial security over the long-term. Funding the military in this case is not about bombs and bullets, rather it is all about the people…the families behind the service members that have been asked to sacrifice so much already. It is irresponsible for us to add this burden and stress to the only segment of Americans that serve their Country in “Enemy Territory”. I am frankly surprised and disappointed that the 1% of the population that wears the uniform has to fight for financial security in our own nation. My concern is not about my bank account, it is about the 18yr old Soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan who is ready to go on a deadly mission in the enemy’s home turf and they hear that their wife cannot buy groceries, or that the rent check bounced. When I have Soldiers that qualify for WIC and other government programs it shows me that service members are paid too little to begin with, and taking away their only source of income is inconceivable. The impending government shutdown will destroy the confidence of our troops in our national leaders and will break many families. I cannot illustrate every possible outcome in this letter, but I can say with certainty that not taking care of our military members will be the biggest, single detriment to our National security and prosperity in recent history. Remember, that this shutdown doesn’t effect a nameless, faceless organization…it effects me, my wife, Sonia and my children Sophia and Gabriel…..and thousands more like us.

Is there a negative impact on gov't closure - Yes. However, anytime that you say NO, to a child or to a bill or during negotiations, there is a negative outcome, meaning someone does not get what they want ot think they are entitled to. If the President had taken care of the business of the country last year, they budget would alread exist. Instead, he tried to protect his political allies by not forcing them to make a difficult vote before elections. How'd that work out for you, Prez?