Just something to think about. This seems both ashamed and interesting. First, check out the article in the link below. If this plays out like the article indicates I believe that this is a very shameful thing for the White House and our President to do. The reason it is not necessary according to the White House Press Secretary Jay Carney is because the charity group The Fisher House Foundation has entered into an agreement with the Pentagon to provide the benefits in the short-term and that the Defense Department has already agreed to reimburse the Fisher House.
If that is true then some officials in the Pentagon have a hugh problem. The law that basically forces the government to shutdown is the Antideficiency Act. At issue is this part of the law . . . “involving the government in any obligation to pay money before funds have been appropriated for that purpose, unless otherwise allowed by law.” In this case if it were already funded or allowed by law this issue would never have come up in the first place. Since neither of these are true in this case then the Antideficiency Act should apply to those in the Pentagon that obiligated our government to reimburse the Fisher House for their expenditures.
From FOX News – White House says bill to pay military death benefits ‘not necessary”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/10/senate-approves-bill-to-pay-military-death-benefits/
More information on the Antideficiency Act may be found at . . .
http://www.gao.gov/legal/lawresources/antideficiencybackground.html
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