If the federal government shuts down, it will affect a great many people around the country, but the burden will fall extremely hard on the citizens of Washington, DC, who will watch their city get filthy as trash pick-up and street cleaning, along with many basic services, are suspended as a result. From NBC Washington: [...]

Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer thinks that if there is a government shutdown, the American people aren’t going to be specific in their blame, they are just going to blame everyone. “They’ve got to get off that and get to thinking about the people that sent them Washington to represent them. This is a [...]