WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
Q: How do government shutdowns fail the American people?
A: The insufferable pattern of government shutdowns stemming from a lapse in approved funding needs to stop once and for all. Since 1981, failure to enact the 12 annual appropriation bills by the end of the fiscal year has resulted in a handful of major government shutdowns. After a 21-day shutdown during the Clinton administration, I learned shutdowns are a zero-sum game. Nobody wins. It costs money to shut down the government and it costs money to open back up. Government serves the people; it can't serve the people when it doesn't have spending approved to operate.
That's why I'm opposed to using shut...