when the house of representatives is led by a different party to the one that controls the senate and also occupies the white house. deadlocks. not unheard of. the government shut down six times since 1990. and when they happen, they can last for a short time, even days. but there s usually a very clear reason why. last time, for example, the government shut down in 2018. it was 35 days that those services were stopped. and this was because of a very clear disagreement about donald trump s wish to build a wall on the southern border. 2013, similarly, very clear policy disagreements saw a 16 day shutdown when representatives fell out over the provision of 0bamacare. this time, though, the reasons are far less clear. the republican speaker, kevin mccarthy, says that he thinks the biggest issue is president biden s wish to send more money to ukraine. but he said a short term deal probably could have been done before now in exchange for stronger border protections on the south of
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