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Why government shutdown (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've seen so much stuff on what it means and how it affects people but I can't find anything on the reason behind why anyone wants to shut down the government

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm not American, so I assume I don't have the full story. But i feel like everytime I hear about government shutdown / not passing budgets it's republican politicians. Is that accurate? Or do both parties do it equally often?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

It's always, always, always the Republicans.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I try to not point fingers... but yes, a solid 90% of the time it's the conservative faction holding things up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Well it's basically a way to roll back spending the last Congress approved, so of course it would be a cudgel wielded primarily by conservatives.

I'm of the opinion that the 14th amendment makes the whole process moot, but I'm no constitutional scholar.