The Banker
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Republicans are trying to go back on a deal they already passed to keep the government funded. Republicans passed massive multi-year, trillion dollar spending bills under Trump, and we need to pay for those bills now, but Republicans are refusing to pay for the bills they passed.
GW Bush started his presidency with a balanced budget, and ended with an economy in ruin and a trillion dollar deficit.
Trump started his presidency with a $600B annual deficit, passed massive spending bills before covid and after, and left office with a record $3+T/yr deficit.
Biden lowered that $3+T/yr deficit down to $1.3T/yr last year.
The republicans are responsible for the bulk of America's debt because their policies caused it, now they are playing games and don't want to pay for it after previously agreeing on it.
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GW Bush started his presidency with a balanced budget, and ended with an economy in ruin and a trillion dollar deficit.
Trump started his presidency with a $600B annual deficit, passed massive spending bills before covid and after, and left office with a record $3+T/yr deficit.
Biden lowered that $3+T/yr deficit down to $1.3T/yr last year.
The republicans are responsible for the bulk of America's debt because their policies caused it, now they are playing games and don't want to pay for it after previously agreeing on it.

White House steps up warnings of shutdown impact as deadline nears - The Boston Globe
With a potential government shutdown now less than a week away, President Biden and other administration officials this weekend intensified their warnings of the consequences of closing agencies.
