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    The Shutdown Was Never Really Going to End This Week

    For all the frenzied activity in Washington, the American government is running in place.
    by Elaina Plott Jan 11, 2019 4 minutes
    Source: Andrew Harnik / AP

    It was Thursday around lunchtime, and Lindsey Graham was over it.

    “Right now I am going to the gym,” the South Carolina senator told reporters in the Capitol. “I have never been more depressed about moving forward.”

    There was reason to be depressed. Thursday was day 20 of the partial government shutdown, and despite the flurry of speeches, meetings, and press releases that had marked these weeks, no end to the furlough was in sight. By Friday, the shutdown would be tied for the longest in U.S. history.

    It’s unlikely, however, the gym offered the relief Graham was hoping for. Because while you can run as hard as possible on the treadmill—maxing out your pace, punching up

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