President Donald Trump seems to be well on his way to turning the USA into a government of one, writes George Hammerbacher.

Most Democratic senators have used the filibuster to vote down funding bills that would avert a government shutdown.

Refusing to fund the government is the primary way minority party lawmakers can check the excesses of the executive branch and the majority party.

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