GOP shutdown threat is the wrong way to win a budget war − history shows a better strategy for reducing the deficit
- Written by Raymond Scheppach, Professor of Public Policy, University of Virginia
Past as prologue: October could bring yet another government shutdown.Jorge Villalba/iStock via Getty ImagesCongress has just days to keep the federal government from grinding to a halt, and a last-minute deal seems increasingly unlikely. The problem is that lawmakers need to pass a dozen appropriations bills – or a single continuing...