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Both Parties Blame Each Other on 1st Day of Government Shutdown as Tourist Sites Close
The shutdown began after lawmakers failed to agree on funding, with health care subsidies and premiums a key dispute as government operations halt nationwide.
- Late Tuesday night, the federal government shut down on the West Coast as Republicans and Democrats traded blame while landmarks like the Liberty Bell and Gateway Arch closed.
- Democrats pressed to restore Affordable Care Act subsidies to prevent premium spikes, but Senate Democrats blocked the House-passed stopgap on Tuesday night after Speaker Johnson pushed a partisan bill.
- Roughly 750,000 federal workers face furloughs, while Russ Vought, White House budget director, announced holds on roughly $18 billion for New York transit and almost $8 billion for green energy projects.
- On Oct. 1, Senate work continued with no clear compromise, particularly on health care funding, while Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Hawaii began Wednesday shuttered.
- Republicans could face electoral consequences, with an AP-NORC poll showing about 7 in 10 Americans blamed Donald Trump during the last shutdown and one-quarter of registered voters blaming Trump and Republicans if another occurs.
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Both parties blame each other on 1st day of government shutdown as tourist sites close
The government shutdown has sparked intense political battles, with both parties blaming each other even as major job cuts — and major disruptions to iconic sites like the Liberty Bell and Pearl Harbor — have begun taking hold.
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Both parties try to win the ‘blame game’ as government shutdown hits nation
The shutdown messaging fight was in full swing Wednesday, as federal agencies ceased operations after funding lapsed at midnight and both parties sought to cast each other as responsible. The shutdown, which will force hundreds of thousands of federal workers off the job and requires others to work without pay until lawmakers vote to resume appropriations for federal agencies, comes over a year before the midterm elections and prompted quite the…
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