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The 16-day government shutdown that occurred in 2013, caused by a standoff between House Republicans and the White House over the Affordable Care Act.
Since 1980, the modern pattern of government shutdowns has been driven by a mix of actors—Presidents, coalitions and House majorities—but have been the principal drivers in a clear subset of the high-...
built a career that moved from frontline journalism to the highest levels of political and corporate communications: he served as ’s White House press secretary for three and a half years (the longest...
A government shutdown that furloughed Bureau of Labor Statistics staff delayed the release of the September CPI-W, which in turn postponed the Social Security Administration’s usual mid‑October COLA a...