claim: "eighty-five percent of government's running right now. only 15 percent of government spending is shut down."
author: rand paul
evidence_1: oct 4, 2013 ... "eighty-five percent of government's running right now. only 15 percent of  government spending is shut down," said sen. rand paul, r-ky. half true. due  to the big role of entitlement spending in the federal budget, paul is likely in the  ballpark when he measures "government" by the yardstick of spending.
evidence_2: regular government operations resumed october 17 after an interim  appropriations bill was signed into law. during the shutdown, approximately  800,000 federal employees were indefinitely furloughed, and another 1.3 million  were required to report to work without known payment dates. only those  government services ...
evidence_3: nov 23, 2015 ... currently, just 19% say they can trust the government always or most of the time,  among the lowest levels in the past half-century. only 20% would describe ... just  20% say the federal government runs its programs well, and 59% say it is in need  of “very major reform,” up 22 percentage points since 1997.
evidence_4: sep 30, 2013 ... if congress can't agree on how to fund them, they have to close down. and, right  now, congress can't agree on how to fund them. to get a bit more specific: each  year, the house and senate are supposed to agree on 12 appropriations bills to  fund the federal agencies and set spending priorities. congress ...
evidence_5: corruption, insecurity, weak governance, lack of infrastructure, and the afghan  government's difficulty in extending rule of law to all parts of the country pose ....  agricultural production is limited - only about 5% of the land is arable - and most  food has to be imported, making the economy vulnerable to changes in fuel and ...