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Frankel: Tea Party Tantrum Causes First Government Shutdown in Nearly Two Decades

Statement

Date: Oct. 1, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending

Congresswoman Lois Frankel released the following statement after the federal government shutdown at midnight Tuesday:

"Tea Partiers have paralyzed the Congress, causing the first government shutdown in nearly 20 years. Democrats have already agreed to significant spending cuts, so it's time for the radical Republicans to stop their temper tantrums and agree to a clean budget bill."


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