Nothing says “urgency” like a four-day weekend and canceled votes.
But that’s where Congress stands as the federal government rolls into the third workweek of a shutdown that no one seems in any rush to end.
Usually, standoffs like this one are described as a crisis. But repeated showdowns and deadline-driven governance have seemingly made Congress accustomed to what was once considered catastrophic.
This shutdown has been marked by a distinct lack of urgency. It’s played out as a slow-rolling inevitability like a 10-car fender bender at 5 miles per hour in a parking lot. It all leaves little hope ...