Congress is working on a spending bill to avert another government shutdown. Scholars explain what’s in store if they fail.
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Even if other parts of the federal government shut down, Congress could – and would have to – keep working. A legal scholar explains why and how that is possible.
Trump is not the first US president to talk about border security, but he is the only one to make it an “urgent national crisis”. Here is a handy deconstruction of President Trump’s rhetorical strategy.
In these cases, what matters is how much pressure an employer puts on their employee to do the work.
Lots of academic scientists collaborate with federal employees and resources on their research projects. And at the moment they can’t. A climatologist explains the bind they’re in.
As people say thanks to those who are turning up for work without being paid, an expert explains what true gratitude really means.
According to Gallup, 88% of Republicans currently approve of the president – so why’s he so worried about his wall?
Setting aside personal hardships for workers who don’t see a paycheck during the shutdown, the research enterprise itself loses out, too. And unlike back pay, this lost time can never be made up.
Because many Americans live paycheck to paycheck, the loss of even one can be a big financial blow for a family.
The government has been partially closed since Dec. 22, making it the second-longest shutdown on record. A finance professor who studied the 2013 shutdown explains the economic impact.
Trump, Schumer and Pelosi have fallen into a classic negotiation trap that often prevents deals from getting made, which has led to the shutdown stalemate.
We asked experts on ethics, constitutional law and European political history to analyze Trump’s Oval Office address. Here’s what they heard in his speech about ‘crisis’ at the US-Mexico border.
The popular opinion is that presidents win government shutdowns, but a review of polling evidence paints a different picture.
Banned since 2011, pork-barrel spending may well help Congress pass bills on schedule. Now, a powerful Democratic lawmaker said she’d like to resurrect the practice to make passing budgets easier.
With President Trump insisting on funding for his border wall and Democrats vehemently opposed, a partial government shutdown is possible. Here’s what it could mean for the economy.
The strong US economy has improved Donald Trump’s ratings in the last month.
No one will be turned away at the emergency room because of the shutdown. But it will take the government longer to respond to public health crises.
The 2013 shutdown offers some clues as to what the impact will be now after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree to a short-term spending deal.
Republicans were able to push through a tax plan and a flurry of judicial nominees after the Senate curtailed use of the filibuster. It’s time to go all the way.
Trump has threatened a showdown over funding his proposed barrier between the U.S. and Mexico. Our experts offer a primer – from a history of walls to costs.
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Assistant Professor of Finance, Northwestern University
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Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professor of Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Michigan State University
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Professor in American Politics, The University of Melbourne
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Dean of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Science Communicator and Media Producer, CQUniversity Australia
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US Election Analyst, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Chronobiology, National Institute for Medical Research
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Senior Visiting Fellow, City, University of London
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Commonwealth Fund Professor of American History, UCL
