Shutdown Day 7: Things you need to know
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1/ Meanwhile, House Speaker John Boehner said he won't talk debt deal without an agreement on spending cuts, a shift from earlier Republican demands seeking a delay in the implementation of Obamacare.
"It is time to deal with America's problems," he told ABC Sunday in demanding what he repeatedly called a "conversation" with the White House and Democrats. "How can you raise the debt limit and do nothing about the underlying problem?"
2/ The magic number is 10: And by magic, we mean big, hairy and scary. That's the number of days until, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says, the government runs out of money to pay its bills.
On Monday, the prospect of such a default -- to use the technical term -- started spooking investors. Stock market indices fell nearly 1% on Monday's open,. European and most Asian markets as well.
"I'm telling you that on the 17th we run out of our ability to borrow, and Congress is playing with fire," he said.
3/ What if they can't reach a deal? <b>Lawmakers would have to cut discretionary spending, including defense spending, by a third every month; cut mandatory spending, which includes Social Security, by 16%, or raise taxes by 12% --</b> or some combination of all three. Otherwise, the government would fall about $30 billion short each month
4/ With Boehner seeming to dig in on demands for spending cuts in exchange for a debt deal, the<b> White House seemed to soften a bit on the issue Monday.</b>
While White House officials have said they favor a long-term deal to give the economy a bit of certainty, a White House official told CNN Monday that "It is up to Congress to pass a debt limit increase, and up to them for how long and when they want to deal with this again."
5/ "The amber alert system was never interrupted, but to eliminate any confusion, the informational site maintained by the Justice Department has been restored," Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon told CNN.
6/ CDC warns it can't keep it's global eye on disease amid shutdown