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>> bret: about a quarter it of federal employees are furloughed because of the government shutdown, but some areas are more affected than others. national security correspondent jennifer griffin looks at what's happening at the va and how it impacts veterans. >> at first, it seemed veterans would be exempt from the impact of furloughs. now they are at the center of the fight. on friday, the va issued the following statement, quote: the department's current projection is at 95% of va employee would be either fully funded or required to perform accepted functions during a shutdown event. then on...

Congress. as can you see, congress used these temporary bills more and more frequently and especially during periods of divided government, but when you get up to five or six of these a year the annual budgets already shrunk down to basically a bunch of two-month stop gap measures that. provides needless uncertainty for american government and all the businesses in this country. it provides endless sequels to the government shutdown drama which i think annoys just about everyone who doesn't work in the media. it seriously complicates our accounting. congress never even enacted an actual budget...