With deal or trust, Congress must restart government
By The Herald Editorial Board
Americans, over the last 39 days, have received a clear reminder on the reach of the federal government into our daily lives.
In the early days of the government shutdown — brought on by an impasse in Congress over passage of a continuing budget resolution — you likely told yourself you could cope with a paucity of staff at national parks and unanswered phones at federal agencies, especially since the mail was still arriving in mail boxes, Social Security deposits were still making it into checking accounts and veterans were still receiving their dearly-earned benefits.
Yet the pain has increased in recent weeks:
• More than 1 million federal employees and contractors — some of them deemed essential and required to work even without pay — have missed one and now two paychecks. A federal law is supposed to assure back pay for those workers but as recently as this week the Trump administration called that guarantee into question, despite the fact that President Trump signed that legislation into law during his first administration.
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I wonder what's the launch code on that thing.