Thankfully, the longest government shutdown in history should soon end. After more than a dozen votes to re-open the government, Senate Democrats choreographed the end of their obstruction.
Don’t be fooled. This was not the Democrats seeing reason or choosing to compromise. They deliberately kept the government shutdown through the off-year elections to keep their base engaged. It was cruel and cynical.
Their extended shutdown meant more pain for government workers who were working without pay, more problems for millions of Americans on the SNAP food program, more difficulties for the air traffic control system and millions of Americans traveling.
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We are a long way from this kind of strategic focus and yet it will be the key to an acceptable future. - A Swiss Warning Bares the Implications of an Older, Greyer, and Smaller West
The entire pattern of younger people having more children, who then had more children, is broken. - If We Lose Chicago
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On Easter, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ – the most important day of the year for the Christian community.