Is this the best we can do?

By Lee Hamilton

Every few months we have to contemplate the very real possibility that the government might close its doors. Is this really the best we can do?

Think about this for a moment. Two days away from a federal shutdown, Congress comes up with a stopgap measure to keep the government operating — for a week. A few days later it arrives at a bipartisan budget deal lasting a bit over four months. This, in turn, moves the president to take to Twitter with the following statement: “Our country needs a good ‘shutdown’ in September to fix mess!”

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