"Shutting down the government is actually a very expensive exercise. Once we shut down the government, we have to furlough people, we have to hold back pay, and then we have to get operations started up again," said Lindsey Cormack. Cormack is an associate professor in the College of Arts...
As Democrats and Republicans approach a deadlock, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is willing to break with hard-liners who insist the party must preserve the SAVE Act, even at the cost of a government shutdown. “Shutting down the government is always a bad idea,” McConnel...
More recently, however, Mr. Trump has told advisers in recent days that a government shutdown could benefit him politically, according to The Washington Post. Mr. Trump has told aides that he must be perceived as tough on immigration and the border and that involves scoring money approved by ...
And Uncle Sam will pay a price. There's a cost to shutting the government down and then reopening it when the storm clouds clear. Two shutdowns in the mid-1990s cost an estimated $1.4 billion, according to the Congressional Research Service. ...
Johnson admits that shutting down the government ahead of a presidential election would "be an act of malpractice." "While this is not the solution any of us prefer, it is the most prudent path forward under the present circumstances," he said. ...
But on Friday, the speaker signaled that he expected Trump to soften on his calls for a shutdown. "As history has taught and current polling affirms, shutting the government down less than 40 days from a fateful election would be an act of political malpractice," Johnson wrote in the ...
“All this week, and every time we’ve found ourselves in the situation before, I’ve offered my colleagues the same warning: Shutting down the government doesn’t help anybody politically,” he said during a speech on the Senate floor. ...
Congress may have time to work out a deal before really affecting some workers: Because the partial government shutdown comes during the Christmas break, some government workers weren’t planning to work over the next four days anyway.
23, 2011 - 4:33 AM EST A new batch of House Republicans getting hammered for shutting down the government: That’s so 1995. Times have changed. President Barack Obama is no Bill Clinton, Speaker John Boehner is no Newt Gingrich. The new guys ran on slashing spending and they’re ...
As government operations slow or stop altogether, the effects may also spread to businesses in theprivate sector. It's possible that the entire economy may lose money as a result of this disruption in government operations. However, the overall cost and lasting impact of a government shutdown o...