Ending the shutdown would be easy, if Congress did its job. | Editorial
The government shutdown is officially tied for the longest shutdown in
Even three weeks of the shutdown has wrought serious damage. It does not just hurt the 800,000 individuals who are missing their paychecks, but there’s the considerable dent that will put on their related consumer spending. Contractors and others dependent on government work are losing business. According to a report in
But the harm goes beyond the pain of federal workers and the impact on their spending.
Since
Due to lapse of funding,
The impetus for the shutdown is based in politics, not policy -- a Hail Mary attempt by
How did the Founding Fathers, who were so careful in creating checks and balances on the executive branch, leave a giant loophole allowing one person to shut down the entire federal government?
They didn’t.
The legislative branch is an equal branch of government to the executive.
Two days before the shutdown, in December, the
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader
That is not how the Founding Fathers intended for the
It is time for
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