What Happens to Social Media When the Government Shuts Down?

Who’s the voice behind @SenJohnMcCain on Twitter? Is 76-year old Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley really the one tweeting those famous tweets? Does House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi know how to update her own Facebook page? Those questions and more may soon be answered if the government shuts down, and the social media fun really begins.

Who’s the voice behind @SenJohnMcCain on Twitter?  Is 76-year old Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley really the one tweeting those famous tweets?  Does House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi know how to update her own Facebook page?  Those questions and more may soon be answered if the government shuts down, and the social media fun really begins.

We won’t know until midnight tonight if the threat of a federal government shutdown is real, or for how long. But we do know one thing:  if a shutdown happens, Members of Congress are on their own when it comes to updating their Facebook and Twitter pages until the government returns to work.

As Karen Tumulty reports

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