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GOP shutdown threat is the wrong way to win a budget war − history shows a better strategy for reducing the deficit

  • Written by Raymond Scheppach, Professor of Public Policy, University of Virginia
GOP shutdown threat is the wrong way to win a budget war − history shows a better strategy for reducing the deficitPast as prologue: October could bring yet another government shutdown.Jorge Villalba/iStock via Getty Images

Congress has just days to keep the federal government from grinding to a halt, and a last-minute deal seems increasingly unlikely. The problem is that lawmakers need to pass a dozen appropriations bills – or a single continuing...

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