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Units of the National Park System closed during the 2013 federal government shutdown. Shown here is the National Mall. While government shutdowns before 1995–1996 had very mild effects, a full federal government shutdown causes a large number of civilian federal employees to be furloughed. Such employees are forbidden even to check their e ...
With the U.S. government on the verge of a partial shutdown, a timeline of more than 20 closures since 1976. Timeline of more than 20 U.S. government shutdowns over nearly 50 years Skip to main ...
Some of the most significant shutdowns in U.S. history have included the 21-day shutdown of 1995–1996 during the Bill Clinton administration over opposition to major spending cuts; the 16-day shutdown in 2013 during the Barack Obama administration caused by a dispute over implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; [15 ...
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) [1] [2] was a process [3] by a United States federal government commission [4] to increase the efficiency of the United States Department of Defense by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end of the Cold War. Over 350 installations have been closed in five BRAC ...
See all the federal government shutdowns since 1981 in one chart. The last government shutdown was the longest in more than 40 years. Here are all the recent shutdowns in one chart.
The U.S. government has now been "shut down" for 12 days straight. It may open for business again five minutes from now. Or it could reopen in five days -- hopefully with a debt ceiling-raise ...
1980 United States federal government shutdown; 1981, 1984, and 1986 U.S. federal government shutdowns; 1990 United States federal government shutdown; 2005 Minnesota state government shutdown; 2006 New Jersey state government shutdown; 2011 Minnesota state government shutdown; 2013 United States federal government shutdown
Funding lapsed on November 22, but since that day was a Saturday there was no effect. [6] The next day, 241,000 federal employees were placed into furlough. [8] However, many government departments furloughed few or no people as they were present for activities to initiate the shutdown.