Shutdown?

Close Read Passage, 384 words, Pro/Con (nonfiction), Cause and Effect, Level Z (Grade 5), Lexile 990L

When the president and Congress can't agree on how to spend money, the result can be a partial shutdown of the government. This passage weighs the pros and cons of a government shutdown.

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