What happens now that the government has shut down. And, a pricing deal with Pfizer
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Much of the federal government is now shut down after the Senate was unable to reach an agreement on two competing funding bills. The last government shutdown, which lasted 35 days and was the longest in U.S. history, occurred from December 2018 to January 2019. The Trump administration has used government websites and agency-wide emails to accuse Democrats of causing the shutdown. Some ethics experts say that could violate the Hatch Act, which is intended to keep politics out of government work.
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🎧 Earlier this year, Senate Democrats helped Republicans to keep the government funded, a move that drew sharp criticism , NPR's Claudia Grisales tells Up First. Since then, the Democrats' limited influence in Washington has become evident as President Trump and the GOP passed a massive partisan spending and tax plan.
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