Morning Jolt: Travelers, Beware: A Terribly Inconvenient Time for a Government Shutdown

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY

December 19 2024

Travelers, Beware: A Terribly Inconvenient Time for a Government Shutdown

On the menu today: We might be getting a government shutdown for Christmas; California declares an emergency over bird flu; and PolitiFact desperately wanted to accuse a Republican of the "lie of the year."

A Formula for the Worst Christmas Airport Delays Since Die Hard 2

The editors of National Review are blunt and direct, declaring that the most recent 1,547-page continuing resolution "deserved to die":

A "clean" CR that keeps the government funded in the short term should be the way to go for the House right now. If Trump and Elon Musk want things to look different in the future, they should prioritize a complete reworking of the congressional budget process by rewriting the laws that govern it. The 1974 budget act that currently governs the process has never worked, and Congress has never actually passed an entire budget on time according to its rules.

The government funding runs out at midnight Friday.

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