How a gov­ern­ment shut­down could play in the 2024 elec­tion

Con­gress has less than two full weeks to agree to some form of leg­is­la­tion that will fund the gov­ern­ment past its Sept. 30 dead­line, but as hard-line House GOP mem­bers buck a recent­ly announced con­tin­u­ing res­o­lu­tion bro­kered between the House Free­dom Cau­cus and the Repub­li­can Main Street Cau­cus, it appears that the nation is bar­rel­ing per­ilous­ly close to a gov­ern­ment shut­down.
The impacts of a shut­down could move beyond the lost pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, high eco­nom­ic costs, dis­rup­tion in fed­er­al pro­grams and ser­vices, and the cost of fur­lough­ing hun­dreds of thou­sands of fed­er­al employ­ees. Plus, a poten­tial shut­down comes as the 2024 pres­i­den­tial elec­tion moves into full swing ahead of the Jan. 14 Iowa cau­cus­es.
HERE ARE THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE PLEDGED TO VOTE NO ON STOPGAP SPENDING MEASURE
With Pres­i­dent Joe Biden and for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, the two front-run­ners in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic and Repub­li­can par­ties, both seek­ing reelec­tion, the blame game over a shut­down will like­ly become fod­der on the cam­paign trail. And if past shut­downs are any indi­ca­tion, Repub­li­cans may need to gear up to b …