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USA Today – Survey: Shutdown Shrinks Economists' Optimism

Republican Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), chairman of the Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee currently holding a hearing about Healthcare.gov, had this to say in 2006 

Tricare beneficiaries who see civilian doctors aren't seeing any effects from the government shutdown yet, but the contractors and doctors who care for them aren't getting paid.

The Defense Health Agency notified all three Tricare regional contract managers on Oct. 2 that DHA has the funds to pay them for services for two weeks, although the money actually is not being distributed.

To: Speaker Boehner, House GOP Leaders, Tea Party Republicans

Fr:  Democratic Leader's Press Office

Dt: October 10, 2013

Re: New NBC/WSJ Poll                 

Trust us when we say you're going to want to sit down.

Huffington Post: Congress Approval Rating Drops To Dismal 5 Percent In Poll

GOP Has Held to Strategy Despite Polls Showing Large Majority of  Americans Oppose Shutting Down the Government Over Affordable Care Act

Over the last three weeks, the House GOP Leadership has continued to cling to and defend their strategy to shut down the government over their resistance to the Affordable Care Act – despite the strong opposition of the American public to such a strategy.