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The cessation of government operations due to a lack of funding, and the impact on defense spending and national security.
Yes — has repeatedly used the budget process to pass omnibus "reconciliation" bills that bundle mandatory spending, revenue, and debt-limit changes into a single, expedited measure (often described as...
legally freezes most funding actions at prior-year levels and constrains agencies from creating “new starts,” which in practice limits the initiation of and and delays modifications to existing instru...
payroll delays have repeatedly pushed retroactive wage‑grade () increases and shutdown backpay into later pay cycles, leaving many wage‑grade employees waiting months for raises that are retroactive t...
do not hold a single unified position on military spending; the party is split between leadership and many mainstream lawmakers who generally support robust and a bipartisan approach to , and progress...