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In a shutdown, the federal government curtails agency activities and services, ceases non-essential operations, furloughs non-essential workers, and retains only essential employees in departments that protect human life or property. [1][2] Shutdowns can also disrupt state, territorial, and local levels of government.
The United States federal government shutdown from midnight EST on December 22, 2018, until January 25, 2019 (35 days) was the longest government shutdown in history [1][2] and the second [a] and final federal government shutdown involving furloughs during the presidency of Donald Trump. It occurred when the 115th Congress and Trump could not ...
United States. Government shutdowns, in United States politics, refer to a funding gap period that causes a full or partial shutdown of federal government operations and agencies. They are caused when there is a failure to pass a funding legislation to finance the government for its next fiscal year or a temporary funding measure.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), for example, called a government shutdown at this juncture “politically beyond stupid” and predicted the GOP would bear responsibility for ...
The United States federal government shut down at midnight EST on Saturday, January 20, 2018, until the evening of Monday, January 22. It began after a failure to pass legislation to fund government operations and agencies. This stemmed from disputes over the extension of status of persons affected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ...
The impact will be swift. With less than two weeks until a partial government shutdown, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill today that combines a must-pass spending bill ...
The path ahead. Lawmakers in both chambers are set to return Monday. By that point, they’ll have less than two weeks before a first key deadline — the end of the government’s fiscal year on ...
Continuing resolution. v. t. e. From October 1 to October 17, 2013, the United States federal government entered a shutdown and curtailed most routine operations because neither legislation appropriating funds for fiscal year 2014 nor a continuing resolution for the interim authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2014 was enacted in time.