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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world What if the federal government shut down and few people noticed — or cared? Nearly one month since the lights went out in Washington, most Americans don’t seem all that aware, let alone upset. Perhaps that’s why Democrats and Republicans in Congress, and President Donald Trump, are showing little interest in supporting compromise legislation to fund the government, reopen shuttered agencies and restart paused services. Indeed, Speaker Mike Johnson has basically disbanded the House of Representatives indefinitely, signaling he won’t gavel the chamber back into session until Senate Democrats vote to reopen Washington, although the Louisiana Republican’s apparent confidence that the politics of the impasse are unfolding in his party’s favor — shared by Trump and the Senate GOP — might yet prove incorrect. (House Republicans approved short-term legislation to fund the government before the money ran out on Sept. 30. Senate Democrats filibustered the bill, and here we are.)
