Yet for some people, the shutdown is more than a memory. Government employees who failed to make rent or car or mortgage payments face permanent harm, even if they got back pay later. The proposal should not be swept aside as the shutdown recedes from memory. Democrats pushed for a measure that would give the neediest back pay, but they have failed to overcome opposition among some congressional Republicans and at the White House. They should not have to pay for Mr. Trump’s petulant demands for wall funding.

Source: Washington Post February 28, 2019 23:48 UTC