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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
Honest question: what happens by this point? Does the government is stuck handling only the day-to-day stuff, like in a parliamentary democracy?
gpt
The house can't pass any bill without a speaker, which similarly means the whole legislative branch can't pass any new law or budget.  But since the day to day functioning of the government is handled by the executive branch, and the budget is already passed for some time now, this has little impact on ordinary people.  Since technically the house rules haven't been passed either, staffers working for the house of representatives can't get paid, which sucks for them.