EFTA Document EFTA01450701

coverage standards, and therefore won't be renewed. It goes without saying that ACA is bound to be an issue in next year's mid-term elections. Government shutdown. The 16-day government shutdown in October happened because there was a spending and debt ceiling impasse between Democrats and Republicans. Although Republicans took much of the heat for the shutdown, it nevertheless seemed to reflect badly on everyone in Washington, and had wide-reaching effects, including delaying any number of