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A '''partial government shutdown''' affects a handful of U.S. government agencies, idling up to 800,000 federal employees. [httphttps://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-04-07-q-and-a-shutdown_N.htm] Although some have called such a curtailment a "government shutdown" - implying that the entire machinery of government grinds to a halt - the military, government-owned hospitals, Congress, [[Social Security]] checks and all other essential services continue without interruption.<ref>[http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/04/06/administration-paints-picture-possible-government-shutdown Administration Paints Picture of Possible Government Shutdown, Fox News, April 8, 2011]</ref> What happens is just a suspension of non-essential United States federal government services, such as [[NASA]] Centers and [[National Park]]s, the [[Smithsonian]] Museum and several [[Washington, D.C.]] services.<ref>[httphttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/government-shutdown-potential-furloughs-for-800000-federal-workers-disruption-of-dc-services/2011/04/06/AFRItOqC_story.html/ Government shutdown: Potential furloughs for 800k federal workers, disruption of D.C. services, Washington Post, April 8, 2011]</ref>

*No Congress before this one has ever, ever, in history been irresponsible enough to threaten default, to threaten an economic shutdown, to suggest America not pay its bills, just to try to blackmail a president into giving them some concessions on issues that have nothing to do with a budget." [httphttps://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/us/politics/house-gop-leaders-list-conditions-for-raising-debt-ceiling.html?hp&_r=0 House G.O.P. Raises Stakes in Debt-Ceiling Fight] - Jonathan Weisman - September 26, 2013