The financial manager's usual route to work was disrupted by the shutdown of the Tube network, forcing him to find another way there.

BBC: Obituary: Philip Russell

The Speaker knows that a government shutdown is likely not to work out well for the GOP in the PR battle to pin the tail on the budget bad guy.

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But there are what I -- the point I want to make very clearly is that we believe we can work together with Congress to avoid a shutdown because we all agree that a shutdown would be disruptive to the economy, affect our capacity to grow and create jobs.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing