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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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If Democrats and Republicans don't reach a spending deal by midnight Monday, a partial government shutdown will take effect.<br />
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Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other </span><span><span>'</span></span><span><span><span>'</span></span>entitlement</span><span><span>'</span></span><span><span><span>'</span></span> programs that are funded automatically will continue.<br />
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Government agencies that rely on yearly congressional appropriations  will be hit a lot harder including the Pentagon and the National Park  Service.<br />
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Federal agencies have prepared plans to continue programs they deem  critical to maintaining public safety and protecting property despite  the shutdown. Employees who perform those critical functions will  continue to work and get paid.<br />
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About 41 percent of non defense federal employees will be furloughed, but the remaining 59 percent will continue working.<br />
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The U.S. Postal Service won't be affected.<br />
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All national parks and federal wildlife refuges would be closed for the  duration of the shutdown, the Interior Department said Friday. <br />
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About 1.4 million active-duty military personnel must remain on the job but won</span><span><span>'</span>t get paid until a new deal is signed into law. <br />
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Delays in processing of passport and visa applications, issuing gun  permits, continuing U.S. bankruptcy court cases and approving mortgage  applications.<br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should House Republicans hold the line and delay Obamacare implementation for 1 year as part of the continuing resolution?<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should ALL Federal Employees, Congress, and Supreme Court be required to get Insurance through Obamacare Exchanges?<br />
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Yes - 91%<br />
No - 9%<br />
Undecided - 0% <br />
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