Partial government shutdown

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A '''"government shutdown"''' is a suspension of non-essential United States federal government services, including all [[NASA]] Centers and [[National Park]]s, the [[Smithsonian]] Museum and several [[Washington, D.C.]] services, among others.<ref>[http://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>. The military, government-owned hospitals, Congress, [[Social Security]] checks and all other essential services continue without interruption, although employees (including some military troops) may end up not receiving pay until funding is restored.<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>

==History of Government Shutdowns==
Since 1981, the U.S. government has been shutdown five times<ref>[http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/federalbudgetprocess/a/Government-Shutdowns.htm Government Shutdowns, About.com, April 8,2011]</ref>:

*In 1981, President [[Ronald Reagan]] vetoed a continuing resolution which shutdown the government for the remainder of the day. Several hours after the veto, Reagan signed a new resolution and workers returned the next day.
*In 1984, workers were sent home for the remainder of the day until an emergency spending bill brought them back the next day.
*In 1990, the government was shut down over the [[Columbus Day]] weekend. Most workers had the days off, and were not adversely affected. President [[George H.W. Bush]] signed an emergency spending bill over the weekend and federal workers were back to work on Tuesday.
*In 1995-1996, the federal government was shut down twice; once on November 14 and again in late December.

==Potential 2011 U.S. Government Shutdown==
As of April 6, 2011, the U.S. Government is once again on the verge of a shutdown, as big-government [[liberals]] refuse to enact common sense, deficit-reducing legislation previously passed by the Republican House. Despite claims of a shutdown adversely affecting the American public, as propagated by the [[liberal media]], liberals, and some [[RINO]]s, the only real effect a shutdown will have is there will be less government spending occurring-there will be no true damage done. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/08/government-shutdown-shutdowny/ Government Shutdown Not So Shutdowny After All, Fox News, April 8, 2011]</ref> Liberal hyperbole aside, there's no reason that the government needs to be working all year round; the [[Constitution]] only mandates that Congress meet once a year.

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