Shutdown serves as exhibit A into why Congress does not work
We are now in the second week of another government closure and there should be no doubt about its root cause: that members of Congress pay no political penalty for failing to do their jobs.
Indeed, one reason there is another funding standoff is that members widely believe that the greatest political risk would come from defecting from their party’s hardline position and supporting some sort of bipartisan compromise.
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