Go Ahead, President Trump, Shut Down the Government
And then watch your poll numbers tank
And then watch your poll numbers tank
It sounds like Trump is folding, which is probably for the best.
The best we can hope for is that Trump gives in.
Plus: France postpones planned fuel-tax hike after Yellow Vest protests.
Because nothing in Washington is more terrifying than the prospect of a minuscule spending reduction
The feds can't pass a budget or do much very well, yet a record level of Americans want it more involved in our lives. That's not as crazy as it seems.
System failures are a false path to limited government.
Government shutdowns are opportunities to reveal how unnecessary much of government is.
The federal "shutdown" doesn't lead to anarchy. It won't even lead to less government spending.
Luckily, no actual nukes are involved. But it could be politically destructive.
Everything you need to know about the Trump/GOP/Schumer/Pelosi/Democratic government shutdown of 2018 in a single tweet.
Budgeting isn't about budgeting anymore.
It is a reactionary and obsolete plan.
The president is who he is, and that's sad. But Congress has no excuse for not passing a budget and doing its job.
The GOP is declaring war on Dreamers.
Matt Welch talks with Slate Capitol Hill reporter Jim Newell, as well as Michael Shermer and Erin Gloria Ryan, on SiriusXM Insight at 2 pm ET
Lawmakers should be prepared to shutdown the government to escape it
Plenty of GOP members would rather put Barack Obama on Mount Rushmore than underwrite this addled project.
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch talk France, the government shutdown, "hate speech," and the decline of Western civilization.
Funds to run out in January
Preparing for next fiscal showdown
Doesn't think a government shutdown in January is the best way to cut off funding for the president's signature piece of legislation
Index up highest in more than two years
Statute doesn't actually allow extensions due to government shutdown or even inclement weather
Recommendations will be sent to president in December
Sen. Durbin took the hit for it
Pushed from November to December
Senator claimed a GOP congressman told president he couldn't stand to look at him
From farm subsidies to NEA grants, the federal budget is littered with needless programs.
Taxation is only one hammer available to politicians when they set out to smash the world around them
Two in three Republicans or Republican-leaning independents view the recent fiscal stalemate negatively
Says he is sympathetic to the views of the Tea Party, but thinks their approach was "undemocratic"
But only 11 percent say it had a major impact
Cruz says he is still committed to "stop the train wreck that is Obamacare"