For the first time in nearly two decades we got to see what it looks like when the United States government shuts down.
Since Congress couldn’t strike a funding deal before the midnight deadline, the first government shutdown since 1995 began Tuesday. As a result, all national parks and monuments are closed and about 800,000 federal employees were sent home without pay
Negotiations came to a halt when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives insisted on defunding or delaying the Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare,” as part of the spending bill. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats rejected any attempt to alter the new health care law. Read more…
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