15 Republicans Who Will Shut The Government Down If They Don’t Get Their Way

15 Republicans Who Will Shut The Government Down If They Don’t Get Their Way: A shutdown would likely cause 800,000 federal employees around the country to be furloughed, disrupting public services even further than sequestration cuts alreadyhave. A shutdown would also freeze many government programs like small business lending and environmental assessments for construction projects, exacerbatingsequestration’s damage to the economy.