A Government Shutdown Could Be Coming. What Will Happen?

If Congress and the President don’t pass a budget, the US government shuts down. So what does that mean? President Donald Trump is threatening a shutdown if Congress doesn’t pass enough spending for the border wall along the Mexico border.

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Congress has long struggled to pass spending bills on time

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Why Don’t Other Countries Have Government Shutdowns?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/10/01/589-days-with-no-elected-government-what-happened-in-belgium/?utm_term=.402774c4a55f
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/09/your-false-equivalence-guide-to-the-days-ahead/280062/

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