An Avoidable Shutdown
October 03, 2025
October 03, 2025
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column:
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An Avoidable Shutdown
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Each day hardworking parents, farmers, ranchers, linesmen, teachers, and laborers across the country get out of bed and do what it takes to provide for their families and pay their bills. This week, as Americans continued to go to work, unfortunately ideological, partisan demands from Senate Democrats again obstructed commonsense legi . . .
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An Avoidable Shutdown
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Each day hardworking parents, farmers, ranchers, linesmen, teachers, and laborers across the country get out of bed and do what it takes to provide for their families and pay their bills. This week, as Americans continued to go to work, unfortunately ideological, partisan demands from Senate Democrats again obstructed commonsense legi . . .