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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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[-] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year 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.

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