US Congressman Brendan Boyle brought some receipts to the House Floor earlier this week and reminded Congressional Republicans that members of their party not only are about to cause a government shutdown but WANT a shutdown. Republican lawmakers have manufactured this crisis for months to enact deep cuts to federal spending. Millions of women, infants, and children risk seeing cuts to food nutrition programs that they rely on, and a shutdown could affect thousands of teachers and eliminate access to early childhood education for thousands of children through Head Start. . . . #brendanboyle #congress #republican #republicans #governmentshutdown #govtshutdown #lawmakers #federalspending #foodprograms #news #nationalnews #shutdown #theshutdown #deepcuts #fundingcuts #education #childhood #headstart #families #women #cuts #economy