WILL THE 113TH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES REALLY SHUTDOWN OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ?,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Less than fourteen hours from now unless the Members of Congress can reach agreement on a Continuing Resolution to continue funding federal programs, the United States Government will be Shutdown to the detriment of the American People.  This shutdown will be nothing more than a political ploy that will hurt and diminish the everyday citizens of this country, while advancing the prerogatives of political parties and putative presidential candidates three years from now.  An actual Government Shutdown will likely last not just days, but for several weeks - potentially hammering vital benefits such as Social Security, Veterans Benefits and SSI Disability and Retirement support.  Are the Members of the House and Senate really so self interest focused that they will risk the stability of all Citizens to prmote themselves and compete with their rivals for higher office, power, and personal prestige ?  Shame on those who hypocritically serve themselves while pointing fingers and blaming others for the problems we face and obstructing and destroying the possibility for consensus, bipartisanship, and progress in addressing and resolving the critical issues confronting the USA, including universal health care and the federal budget deficit national debt.  With the primacy of Politics supplanting the priority for putting Principle first, which all Americans deserve of their governmental and public service leaders. as unlikely as it now seems let us hope a compromise consensus can be reached before 12 Midnight Eastern Time tonight.  Can they ?  Will they ?  My forthright question of ALL the Members of Congress is, why are you not getting the jobs you were elected to do, done ?  The latest of the hour underscores your dereliction of  duty in a  public trust that is not your personal property but instituted for the betterment the poor, middle income, and the affluent alike, one Nation under God, for, by, of, and with the American People.............Fr.  Troy David