Recent Government Shutdowns
1995–1996[edit]
Main article: United States federal government shutdowns of 1995–1996
The two shutdowns of 1995 and 1995–96 were the result of conflicts between Democratic President Bill Clinton and the Republican Congress over funding for Medicare, education, the environment, and public health in the 1996 federal budget. The government shut down after Clinton vetoed the spending bill the Republican Party-controlled Congress sent him. Government workers were furloughed and non-essential services suspended during November 14–19, 1995, and from December 16, 1995, to January 6, 1996, for a total of 27 days. The major players were President Clinton and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich.
The first of the two shutdowns caused the furlough of about 800,000 workers, while the second caused about 284,000 workers to be furloughed.[6]
2013[edit]
Main article: United States federal government shutdown of 2013
The 2013 shutdown occurred during October 1–16, 2013. During the shutdown, approximately 800,000 federal employees were indefinitely furloughed, and another 1.3 million were required to report to work without known payment dates.[34] The deadlock centered on the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014. The Republican-led House of Representatives, in part encouraged by conservative senators such as Ted Cruz[35] and conservative groups such as Heritage Action,[36][37][38] offered several continuing resolutions with language delaying or defunding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as "Obamacare"). The Democratic-led Senate passed several amended continuing resolutions for maintaining funding at then-current sequestration levels with no additional conditions. Political fights over this and other issues between the House on one side and President Barack Obama and the Senate on the other led to a budget impasse which threatened massive disruption.[39][40][41] Late in the evening of October 16, 2013, Congress passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, and the President signed it shortly after midnight on October 17, ending the government shutdown and suspending the debt limit until February 7, 2014.[42]
2018[edit]
Main article: United States federal government shutdown of 2018
The 2018 shutdown began at 12:00 AM EST on January 20, 2018. This was the first time since Jimmy Carter's Presidency that a government shutdown took place with the House, Senate, and Executive Branch being controlled by one party, but the Senate's 60 vote threshold required a bipartisan solution. President Trump rejected a proposed bipartisan plan that included protection for DACA participants while increasing border security. [43] A subsequent proposal by Republicans attempted to use CHIP as leverage in such a deal, after themselves having allowed it to expire months prior, but Democrats refused to accept the deal. [44]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States
...anybody who thinks this is going to be a short shutdown with a quick fix does not understand how crazy Trumps victory over Hillary in the 2016 election has made the democrats. They are frothing at the mouth and would rather see the country destroyed than to have one more day of Trump. They are simultaneously homicidal and suicidal. Individuals with these symptoms are often in the evening news as having murdered their entire families and then killed themselves. It is scorched earth politics at the very worst.
Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!
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