The United States of America claims to be the greatest free country in the world. I am American, and I’m kind of sick of this bullsh*t! Stop this behavior and fix out problems. Stop spending, because our debt is out of control!
My question is at what point will the people in power stop playing games with the American public and start being honest. That’s all I am asking for a shred of decency and honesty among all of the issues we already face.
The shutdown also exposed divides within the Democratic Party between its liberal base, which has demanded its leaders do whatever necessary to rein in Trump, and moderates who feel their options are limited so long as Republicans hold majorities in both chambers of Congress. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is facing calls to step down, even though he voted against the deal.
Roughly 1.4 million federal workers, who had toiled without pay through the shutdown, will begin to receive back pay on Saturday with all payments due to be completed by Wednesday, the White House said. Trump’s White House had threatened to withhold pay for some of those workers, though there was no indication that it would do so.
Source: US government opens back up but deep political divisions remain | Reuters
