http://bit.ly/2AbEv8g In Latest Shutdown, Some Lawmakers See a Diminished Congress Shutdowns (Institutional), United States Politics and Government, Law and Legislation As the partial government shutdown bled into Christmas, lawmakers from both parties lamented that the legislative branch had ceded so much power to the executive branch. EMILY COCHRANE http://bit.ly/2Sea34q December 24, 2018 at 05:30AM