Right-Wingers in Congress Won’t Win Their Wacky Shutdown Fight

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The idea that Congress will pass a budget on time and that the federal government will continue to operate undisturbed through the end of the year is “basically gone,” according to Ryan Cooper, the managing editor of The American Prospect, who joined The New Abnormal to talk about why America’s legislature has gotten so bad at governance.

The source of the current crisis lies in the far-right fringe of the Republican Party, which is demanding huge concessions after reneging on its initial government funding deal.

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