Sentence examples for bad shutdown from inspiring English sources

There didn't seem to be serious negotiations Tuesday — instead, the G.O.P. wondered if it could use micro-appropriations to chase away bad shutdown headlines.

That option would involve its own risks for Republicans, but it's clear Trump doesn't understand or doesn't care how bad this shutdown is for both the country and his presidency.

As bad as a shutdown would be, heading much further toward the Republicans' number would do far more lasting damage to the economy.

Just how bad is a shutdown, anyway?

It's bad enough government shutdowns have become an accepted part of political negotiation.

We all knew that the economics of a government shutdown were bad and would only get worse with a failure to raise the debt ceiling.

Still-open shows like "Mauritius" may benefit in the short run, but there's plenty of bad fallout from this shutdown.

That was not quite as bad as the 1995 shutdown, when the doors to the National Portrait Gallery closed at noon, leaving some visitors fuming outside a locked entrance after they had traveled to Washington to see a Winslow Homer exhibition.

"The government shutdown is bad enough, but failure to raise the debt ceiling would be far worse, and could very seriously damage not only the U.S. economy, but the entire global economy," Ms. Lagarde said in the Washington speech.

One huge problem was the shutdown's bad timing.

As many leading Republicans recognize, their party's forcing a government shutdown is bad politics.