Why keeping lawmakers in DC during shutdown may have caused more harm than good
February 23, 2026
‘I can’t believe they just left!’ ‘Why didn’t they just stay until they fixed it?’ ‘Why didn’t they make them stay?’ I must have fielded forty questions last week from colleagues, friends and acquaintances. Even reporters and editorial staff from other news organizations. And that’s to say nothing of a few Congressional aides. Everyone had […]