(Shutdowns aren’t just a harmless pause in the administration of government: they delay federal workers’ paychecks and the checks that beneficiaries of many federal programs depend on, disrupting families and costing the overall economy billions.) Many analysts fault Gingrich for the GOP’s devolution into a party devoted more to blocking Democrats at every turn than to advancing any positive agenda of its own.
Again this whole disfunction of congess had its roots and strong support from the right wing of tfhe GOP.
