I’m increasingly worried that President Trump will want to shut down the government again because of impeachment. He always likes to create diversions. I hope and pray he won’t want to cause another government shutdown because it might be a diversion away from impeachment.”
Sen. Chuck Schumer
The government is funded through Nov. 21, and Congress needs to pass 12 appropriations bills or a short-term extension bill by then to avoid a shutdown.
Last December, the government shut down for a record 35 days after Trump refused to sign an appropriations bill because it did not include funding for a border wall.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the shutdown cost the U.S. economy $11 billion, shrinking real GDP in the first quarter by 0.2%.
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