Current Events > Has the federal government ever shut down before?

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Or is Donald Trump making history yet again?
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yes. <_< recently.

god how old are you? don't you remember?
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Obviously not, hence this topic. How long was it shut down for? And was anything really accomplished by shutting it down?
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About two weeks. I think back then it was about republicans trying to repeal or defund ACA.

I was looking through a timeline of it tonight, looks like about 2 weeks is the average for a government shutdown but looks like in the 90s it shut down for a month.
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but i gotta say, his shut down the biggest, the greatest, possibly the best shut down of all time.
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Pfft. Belgium's government shut down for over 500 days at one point.

MixedRaceBaby posted...

but i gotta say, his shut down the biggest, the greatest, possibly the best shut down of all time.

Just like how he built the biggest, greatest, and possibly the best wall bordering Mexico of all time?
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The world didn't end the last time the government "shut down" either.
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The last time the government shut down, the only thing that happened was some "do not enter tape" was placed around DC monuments that college kids proceeded to ignore.
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Also tax refunds were delayed
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2013.
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AlisLandale posted...

The last time the government shut down, the only thing that happened was some "do not enter tape" was placed around DC monuments that college kids proceeded to ignore.

lmao I forgot about that
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States

But Trump is making history, since this is the first government shutdown where one party controls all three branches of government.
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No it isn't, it happened with Carter too.
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AlisLandale posted...

The last time the government shut down, the only thing that happened was some "do not enter tape" was placed around DC monuments that college kids proceeded to ignore.

Were the security officers that patrol these parks/monuments still around during the shutdown? Like what if these crowds wanted to trash the place or if there was a terrorist who placed a backpack bomb?
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iPhone_7 posted...

AlisLandale posted...

The last time the government shut down, the only thing that happened was some "do not enter tape" was placed around DC monuments that college kids proceeded to ignore.

Were the security officers that patrol these parks/monuments still around during the shutdown? Like what if these crowds wanted to trash the place or if there was a terrorist who placed a backpack bomb?

The House has repeatedly taken action to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. Unfortunately, the Senate and President Obama refuse to come to the table and negotiate. One of the many consequences of this unfortunate shutdown is that millions of Americans are not able to visit our treasured National Parks and landmarks. However, the Obama Administration is going out of its way to take unreasonable and unnecessary steps to block public access to parks and monuments that isnt warranted by a government shutdown.
For example, open air parks and national monuments, places without doors or gates, where people are allowed to visit 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, have been barricaded off. In addition, none of these D.C. memorials were closed during the last government shutdown in 1995-1996 under the Clinton Administration. The Obama Administrations closing of these sites is not something they are required to do; its something they are CHOOSING to do. The Obama Administration wants the effects of this government shutdown to be as painful as possible.

The House has passed bipartisan legislation (H.J.Res. 70, Open Our National Parks and Museums Act) to fund National Parks and keep them open to the public. The Senate has yet to act.

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