Question

1. What is a government shutdown?

2. What is the debate that is causing a potential shutdown now?
3. What would a good compromise to this argument be?
4. What has caused TWO previous shutdowns?
5. Do other countries suffer shutdowns? Why?

Answer 1

1. The government stops all “non-essential” services, while essential services, such as the armed forces, border protection, air traffic controllers, and police and fire departments, will continue to operate is know as government shutdown.

2. The debate cause a potential shutdown now because of novel coronavirus.