That could create hardships for some government workers, as occurred during a shutdown thatstretched for more than 30 days, starting on Dec. 22, 2018. During that stoppage, many federal workersturned to food pantriesand other forms of aid to get through the several...
The focus on perceived threats to impressionable children has a long history in American sexual politics. It has its roots in the “Save Our Children” campaign championed in 1977 by Anita Bryant, the singer known for her orange juice commercials, to repeal a local ordinance in Miami-Dade Co...
Government shutdownfurloughs may occur when political bodies do not appropriate sufficient funds during afiscal yearto pay government workers. During these types of furloughs, government agencies must cease activities until legislatures vote to release the funds. In 2018, the United States experienced i...
Michal Kranz
The first solution involves remembering that the US Defense Department, even before the government was shut down, was already losing some4,000 employees to the private sectorevery year, a sign that our government was already a dissatisfactory place to work. In point of fact, “dissatisfied” or...
Reporting by Nancy CordesThis timetable of the day leading to thegovernment shutdownwas provided to CBS News by a person familiar with the negotiations.At about 10:45 a.m. Friday, President Trump called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and they had a good, positive conversation about preven...
airports and cruise terminals) when the federal government shut down for 35 days during Trump’s first term in December 2018. That shutdown remains the longest government shutdown on record, and it was the second shutdown during Trump’s first term that involved the furlough of federal ...
She was at a loss as to what to do. She even wondered if there was, in fact, anything that a person could do. There are two very effective ways that a citizen can affect our government. By voting and by contacting your representatives....
I recently renewed (after the government shutdown ended) and was approved in less than a week. Not much changed on my application but I had traveled to quite a few countries (EU and APAC). The process, for me, was surprisingly quick and easy. I wasn’t expecting almost instant approval...
Federal workers are still on the job. Unofficially, though, conservatives in Congress got what they wanted: The government did shut down in demonstrable and significant ways this fall — just not on Sept. 30. After Kevin McCarthy essentially forfeited his speakership to avoid a government fundin...