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A government shutdown is inexcusable.

I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.

Nobody wants to shut down the government.

I don't want to shut down the government.

I don't think it's wise to shut down the government.

There should be a law that you can't shut down the government - that you don't have that power.

I do not believe we should shut down the federal government.

Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.

We don't want the federal government to shut down. It is so inappropriate, and it is not respectful of the people that have sent us here to do our jobs.

For every day the government is shut down, it should be that we don't have to pay income tax that day because they're not working.