Groundhog Day and Friday the 13th

Groundhog Day and Friday the 13th

The government shutdown continues as House Democrats demand ICE reforms and House Speaker Mike Johnson faces a narrow Republican majority.

Groundhog Day and Friday the 13th – Democratic Accent

Congress is a very superstitious place. Only on Capitol Hill would temporal markers like Groundhog Day and Friday the 13th hold legislative resonance. The partial government shutdown will continue until at least Tuesday. This impacts 78% of the federal government after Democrats scuttled a multi-bill spending plan last week over concerns about ICE. The charge now for the House of Representatives is to align with a revised Senate-passed plan from…