Revelation 6:5,6 NCV When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse, and its rider held a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard something that sounded like a voice coming from the middle of the four living creatures. The voice said, "A quart of wheat for a day's pay, and three quarts of barley for a day's pay, and do not damage the olive oil and wine!"
The House of Representatives rejected three emergency funding bills Tuesday that would have re-opened several federal agencies closed because of the budget impasse.
The bills would have opened national parks and monuments, funded veteran’s benefits and allowed D.C.’s municipal government to continue operating.
Senate Democrats and President Obama both said they would not support the bills had the House passed them.
“The president and the Senate have been clear that they won’t accept this kind of game-playing, and if these bills were to come to the president’s desk he would veto them,” said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage. “These piecemeal efforts are not serious and they are no way to run a government.”
The House appointed conferees that would participate in a conference committee to craft a bill that would pass both the House and Senate. However, no Democrats have been willing to meet with the Republicans in a conference.
