This is why it's good to be Gen X. We could still do stuff like this. Yes, well, millennials are the best, but we won't get there. We'll get whatever. Fine. Every year, Congress has to pass a budget to fund the government. That budget ran out on October 1. and congressional Republicans and Donald Trump had not passed and signed into a budget by that time. And when the money runs out, programs grind to a halt. (00:42–00:50)
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Asserts that Congress must pass a budget annually and the current budget expired on October 1.
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