Why Shutdownism is Back With a Vengeance

House Oversight Committee members, from left, Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., listens to calls for the committee to find former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lern... House Oversight Committee members, from left, Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., listens to calls for the committee to find former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for her previous refusal to answer questions at two hearings probing whether tea party and conservative political groups had been targeted for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, Thursday, April 10, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lerner, who retired last year, was head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups. On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee voted to refer former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution in the agency's tea party controversy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Great look at why DC Republicans, especially clear players in the Senate have decided, have decided that the November elections mean the time has finally come for government shutdowns, or in other words, refusing to fund the government unless President Obama concedes to GOP demands.

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and head of the Senate GOP campaign arm says: “The president, who said his policies were under referendum — they were. And they were rejected … When the Republicans have the majority — let me say it differently, when Congress is functioning again — then I think the opportunity to use the power of the purse strings is appropriate.”

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