“A government shutdown would unfold just weeks before statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia, with furloughs and layoffs hitting while more voters are tuning in,” Semafor reports.
“But neither party expects to get an advantage from the resulting chaos, in either state.”
“It’s a surprising reality that points to how little the risk of a shutdown has broken through with voters or outside-the-Beltway media.”


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