National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said the U.S. government shutdown, now three weeks old, is “likely to end sometime this week.”
In an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Oct. 20, the top White House economic adviser said a chorus of Senate Democrats thought that it would be “bad optics” to reopen the government before the “No Kings” rallies.
“Now there’s a shot that this week, things will come together very quickly,” Hassett said. “The moderate Democrats will move forward and get us an open government, at which point we could negotiate whatever policies they want to negotiate with regular order.”…
Government Shutdown Could End This Week: White House Economist
