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| Hi John,
If Congress doesn’t pass new spending bills, the government shuts down, and many activities stop.
This may seem like a great way to block big government.
However, shutdown politics actually cost the American people far more in the long run!
Read this blog post to understand WHY: | | | | |
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| John, decades of drama have shown us—trying to leverage government shutdowns to create meaningful change in Washington simply does NOT work.
In fact, keeping shutdowns from being possible would do more to end the cycle of Washington’s runaway spending and crushing debt through one bloated omnibus spending bill after another.
That’s why I’m excited for the bipartisan solution Sens. Jim Lankford (R-OK) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) have proposed: The Prevent Government Shutdowns Act.
It’s a needed return to the way Congress budgeted before the Jimmy Carter administration unilaterally changed the game, and I’m excited to support it.
Our podcast conversation with Sen. Lankford is at the end of the blog post—again, you can read that here to learn more about the real effects of government shutdowns. | | | | | | |
| The next time someone tells you we should shut down the government to shrink it—you’ll have the information you need to set them straight.
Thanks for your continued advocacy for principled policy.
Thanks,
— Kurt Kurt Couchman Senior Fellow, Fiscal Policy
Americans for Prosperity | | | | |
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