The following article by Rachael Bade and Seung Min Kim was posted on the Politico website February 8, 2018:
The sole purpose of the all-nighter is to ensure federal employees can show up for work Friday without interruption.
Rand Paul and Nancy Pelosi have virtually nothing in common. But on Thursday night, the conservative Kentucky firebrand and San Francisco Democratic leader teamed up to push Washington into what Capitol Hill dwellers are calling the dumbest shutdown fight ever.
Incensed that a bipartisan budget deal would balloon the national debt, Paul delayed a roll call on a long-term budget agreement until after the midnight deadline to fund the government. Continue reading “The dumbest shutdown ever”