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Assignment -
Discussion - Role of Congress in dealing with the issues facing government shutdown.
Introduction - A government shutdown happens when the congress does not agree on a budget plan and hence, the congress is facing severe issues regarding the shutdown.
Review of literature - Causes for the issues.
Budgetary disallowance- Congress does not allow the financial passes.
Unavailability on shipping certificate issuing- Government fails to issue certificates to the shipping companies.
Shutdown of agencies- various agencies are shutting down such as, ABMC, Department of Agriculture, commerce and many more.
- Daily operations are offline- Gas, Electricity, agricultural firms stops working and random people face difficulties in leading their lives.
President refuses to sign- The president refuses to sign passes and governmental operations become offline.
- Congress fails to pass- Congress fails to pass appropriations, legislations, funding operations etc.
Discussion - Recommendations to overcome such scenario (as an essay structure it follows no headings and subheadings only paragraphs)
Para 1 - Internal revenue service can process returns.
Para 2 - Try to conduct a partial shutdown rather than a complete negligence.
Para 3 - Congress must pass all the bills and if not must suggest for solutions for a non-stop operational environment.
Conclusion - Maximum of the public functions of the government is affected which brings the requirement for next president or ruling parties.
References -
1. Malakoff, D. (2019). Pain spreads from shutdown.
2. Revesz, R. L. (2019). Congress and the Executive: Challenging the Anti-Regulatory Narrative. Michigan State Law Review, 2018(4), 795.
3. Rubin, I. S. (2019). The politics of public budgeting: Getting and spending, borrowing and balancing. CQ Press.
Instructions - Need 550+ words.