The Importance Of Government Shutdown In The United States

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On September 29th the Senate passed a temporary spending bill, in order to avoid a government shut down. The Republican party, who controls the senate did not seem pleased with the budget, but despite this fact, only 14 vote against the bill. What I want to look into is why Senate is so weary of another government shutdown, that they are willing to support a budget that they clearly despise in order to prevent a shutdown. This topic, and question are very important to US politics because of the constant power struggle within American politics. Fear of a government shutdown could limit the ‘power of the purse’ a defining power of the US congress. If congress losses too much power, it could compromise the very delicate scale of power in the

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