CNN: Worst shutdown in modern U.S. history (Ellen Fitzpatrick)
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Ellen Fitzpatrick, professor of history at UNH, and Theda Skocpol of Harvard provide commentary for CNN's Opinion page on the government shutdown.
The federal government shutdown is a virtually unprecedented move by a political minority committed to rolling back one of the most significant legislative achievements in recent American history. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 was passed by two houses of Congress after 14 months of debate. Opponents then challenged the law's constitutionality and lost that battle in the Supreme Court of the United States...
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