>"Shutting down the government" is a stunt designed to get people riled up Is it really posturing if the government actually shuts down and workers get furloug

>"Shutting down the government" is a stunt designed to get people riled up Is it really posturing if the government actually shuts down and workers get furloughed as has happened in recent memory? >To be clear - it is not congress' job to write a budget the president will accept. Congress could certainly write a budget the president has to accept, but of course everything these days is done along party lines.