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Re:Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many w... by TomK32 on Saturday January 12, 2019 @09:22AM (#18891254)
As a European I find the US system to bind packages of laws slightly idiotic. The current fight is about a few sticks of steel yet unrelated federal agencies are cut off their funding. This is sabotage!
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Re:Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many w... by rplst8 on Saturday January 12, 2019 @09:35AM (#18891310)
They don't have to do it this way. They call the packages Omnibus bills and its supposed to be some sort of way to make the process more efficient and strike deals. You get your pet project and I get mine.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_bill

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Re:Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many w... by dtech on Saturday January 12, 2019 @09:32AM (#18891298)
Wait until you hear about the debt limit [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIbkoop4AYE

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