<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: New Congress, Same Shutdown
How the 116<sup>th</sup> U.S. Congress began. Plus the significance of China’s lunar probe landing, AI and Flint’s water crisis, inventing a new holiday, and more
by Shan Wang
Jan 03, 2019
3 minutes
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Still Down: New year, new U.S. Congress, new Speaker of the House, same government shutdown. In its first order of business, the House elected Nancy Pelosi as speaker, mostly along party lines (here’s a less often-cited milestone: she’s the first person in more than six decades to reclaim the position).
Now in the majority, House Democrats started the 116 Congress looking to pass a pair of bills aimed at re-opening the government, The president isn’t conceding: for his position on the wall, he said at an impromptu press conference Thursday afternoon. Is there a way to put an end to all government shutdowns, for once and for all?
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