“I was a moderate Democrat. I think government shutdowns are stupid but… if I’m still in the house, and someone were to say pass an appropriations bill to give the executive branch money, what I would be saying is, well, why should I do that if I don’t have an ironclad guarantee that you’re going to respect the constitution and spend the money that we give you?”
— Former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), on CNN.
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