Government shutdown
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Government shutdown, in American politics, refers to a temporary halt in government services when lawmakers cannot pass the necessary funding measures in time.
Recent shutdowns at the federal level:
- United States federal government shutdowns of 1995–96
- United States federal government shutdown of 2013, Ended October 17, 2013.
Shutdowns at the state level:
- 2006 Puerto Rico budget crisis
- 2006 New Jersey state government shutdown
- 2011 Minnesota state government shutdown
See also
- All pages with titles containing government shutdown
- Shutdown (The West Wing)
- Failed state, a state with a non-functioning government
- Government failure, an inefficient allocation of goods and resources with respect to predictions from economic theory
- Lockout (industry), a private sector version of a government shutdown