who to blame.
here, gleaned from the atlantic monthly, are 32 districts whose congresspeople shut down the government. remember, the united states has 435 congressional districts- less than 50 of them are holding the government hostage.grand rapids michigan- justin amashstillwater minnesota- michelle bachmannbrentwood tennessee- marsha blackburnhuntsville alabama- mo brooksathens georgia- paul brounround rock texas- john carterhouston texas- john culbersonponte vedra beach florida- ron de santisjasper tennessee- scott desjarlais
laurens south carolina- jeff duncanminden louisiana- john flemmingwatange township new jersey- scott garrettmarietta georgia- phil gingreytyler texas- louie gohmertranger georgia- tom gravesharrisonville missouri- vicky hartzlerfowler kansas- tim huelskampurbana georgia- jim jordankiron iowa- steve kingeagle idaho- raul labrador
garrison kentucky- tom massieelk grove california- tom mcclintockcashier north carolina- mark meadowslubbock texas- randy neugebauermesa arizona- matt salmoncharleston south carolina- mark sanfordjefferson louisiana- steve scalisefountain hills arizona- dave schweikertclear lake texas- steve stockmanhowe indiana- marlin stutzmanpearland texas- randy webergainesville texas- ted yoho
here's a map from wikipedia of tea party districts:
i also blame fox news which gives voters in these districts, who have very anti societal views, cover and confidence. i sometimes wish there was a popular conservative leaning news source that was more concerned with imparting knowledge than opinion- npr for the right- facts, not fox!
there's general agreement that the speaker of the house could easily pass a bill to end the shutdown, but if he does, thanks to those above, he will loose his job.