Sentences with phrase «brink of a government shutdown»

The revelations, semi-denials and continuing comments have cast a pall over the White House's legislative agenda, brought the country closer to the brink of a government shutdown and sparked international outrage.

«But I am not going to be like Donald Trump and bring the city on the brink of a government shutdown if someone is obstinate.

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The US economy also isn't without its problems as legislatures push the government to the brink of a shutdown.

The 2011 showdown that led the U.S. to the brink of a debt default and then a government shutdown was about ideology and party politics.

Now, however, Cuomo and Christie are coming to Washington in a very inhospitable climate, with the federal government again on the brink of shutdown, and a decent chance that even current obligations won't be met.

Nevertheless, anti-abortion politicians in Congress ignore this evidence, and bring the federal government to the brink of a shutdown in their effort to «defund» Planned Parenthood in 2011.