The government shutdown is the real consequence of three decades spent trying to answer a metaphysical question: What is a party? John Boehner is stuck with an understanding of party discipline that may no longer be relevant—or even good for the Republican Party.
Brendan Greeley of Bloomberg Businessweek explains, succinctly, why John Boehner won’t pass a clean continuing resolution to end the federal government shutdown. It has more to do with the incentives for each individual House member and what they owe to their group than anything else.
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