Shut down the shutdowns: Congress’s chaos addiction is costing you
Funding the government on time was once the most basic thing Congress did. Shutdown brinkmanship has turned routine appropriations into a recurring hostage crisis, the threats facing the country are multiplying, and with a consequential midterm election ahead, no one can assume the next Congress will be any steadier than this one. In a moment this volatile, a government that cannot reliably fund itself is a reality the country cannot afford.
- ▪Funding the government on time was once the most basic thing Congress did.
- ▪Shutdown brinkmanship has turned routine appropriations into a recurring hostage crisis, the threats facing the country are multiplying, and with a consequential midterm election ahead, no one can assume the next Congress will be any steadi
- ▪In a moment this volatile, a government that cannot reliably fund itself is a reality the country cannot afford.
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Funding the government on time was once the most basic thing Congress did. Today, it has become one of the hardest. Shutdown brinkmanship has turned routine appropriations into a recurring hostage crisis, the threats facing the country are multiplying, and with a consequential midterm election ahead, no one can assume the next Congress will be any steadier than this one. In a moment this volatile, a government that cannot reliably fund itself is a reality the country cannot afford. Recommended Stories RFK Jr. promised not to take your vaccines. He’s making them unaffordable instead We guarded China’s oil for free.
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