This week, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin warned that the consequences of the partial federal government shutdown will soon hit Wisconsin. Soglin places blame for the shutdown on House Republicans trying to couple funding for the Affordable Care Act with a resolution to fund the rest of the federal government.

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