PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
Every single member of Congress came out of the last one with a significant portion of their constituents mad at them. Politicians remember things like that. There won’t be a shutdown.
From the Washington Post
"Since the modern congressional budgeting process took effect in 1976, there have been a total of seventeen separate government shutdowns (or "spending gaps" in Hill jargon)."
Doesn't look like public opinion matters that much, it's a long way till the next election for folks with too short of memories.
Most of the 17 are said t have happened over a weekend.