The annual political theater where Congress plays chicken with the budget until federal workers get unpaid vacations, national parks become homeless camps, and everyone pretends it’s the other party’s fault.
The annual political theater where Congress plays chicken with the budget until federal workers get unpaid vacations, national parks become homeless camps, and everyone pretends it’s the other party’s fault.
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The ritual where politicians discover they can’t agree on spending money they don’t have, so they stop spending money they don’t have—until the next debt-ceiling crisis.
The strategic pause where Washington closes the Smithsonian so tourists can’t see how broke the country is.
The time-honored tradition of holding the entire federal workforce hostage until one party gets a slightly bigger slice of the debt pie.
The periodic reminder that the world keeps turning even when the government pretends it’s the center of the universe.