From Kristen M. Clark of the Tampa Bay Times/MiamiHerald Tallahassee Bureau:
With another federal government shutdown possible this week because of disagreements in federal funding for Planned Parenthood, Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, a U.S. Senate candidate from Orlando, released a video statement to talk about a bill he introduced earlier this year that would stop government shutdowns altogether.
Calling shutdowns "a dangerous and self-destructive political ritual," Grayson said his bill would avert such crises by "applying existing budget levels to all federal agencies until a new law is passed creating new ones."
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