Why a Piecemeal Approach to Funding the Government Makes No Sense

by Gary Kopycinski on October 8, 2013

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Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2013. With the government shutdown now stretching into its second week, House Republicans resorted to a novel yet hollow approach to funding the government by passing small, targeted appropriations for only a select group of government functions.