.@realDonaldTrump’s decision to single handedly shut down a significant part of our government in order to fulfill a campaign promise by building an expensive and ineffective wall at our southern border is irresponsible, unprincipled, and is actually hurting Americans.
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Nearly 800,000 federal workers, including 39,000 in California, have been furloughed and may soon not get paychecks. Money for food stamps and federal housing may soon dry up.
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The ripple effect from this shut down will be felt far and beyond the people who rely on the federal government for employment and benefits, but also will be felt by every day Americans as some basic government services are stopped.
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Maybe we should review what agencies are actually constitutional and which are not and close as appropriate.
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It’s called negotiating.
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