{"id":13426,"date":"2019-01-22T20:41:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/22\/virginia-senator-introduces-bill-to-prevent-future-shutdowns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:39:43","slug":"virginia-senator-introduces-bill-to-prevent-future-shutdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2019\/01\/22\/virginia-senator-introduces-bill-to-prevent-future-shutdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Senator introduces bill to prevent future shutdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The current government shutdown appears to have no obvious end in sight, but one member of Congress is already looking to make sure that the next one doesn\u2019t happen at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., introduced the Stop Shutdowns Transferring Unnecessary Pain and Inflicting Damage in The Coming Years Act Jan. 22, which would ensure that all parts of government, except the legislative branch and Executive Office of the President, would be funded at previous levels in the event of a lapse in appropriations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Stop STUPIDITY Act takes the aggressive but necessary step of forcing the president and Congress to do the jobs they were elected to do,\u201d said Warner in a news release. \u201cIt is disturbing that the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of workers are at the mercy of dysfunction in Washington. Workers, business owners and tax payers are currently paying the price of D.C. gridlock and my legislation will put an end to that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t