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Federal shutdowns in the 1990s Federal shutdowns in 1995 and 1996 closed government offices, parks and museums, and caused several hundred thousand workers to be furloughed.
Nov. 14, 1995
An employee of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington hangs a sign on the door explaining the reason for the museum closure. The U.S. government sent nearly 800,000 "nonessential" employees home after a budget impasse led to a five-day shutdown in November 1995.
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Nov. 13, 1995
President Bill Clinton receives a temporary borrowing bill, which he then vetoed, from White House staff secretary Todd Stern in the Oval Office. Clinton accused Republicans of prompting the budget impasse to impose their budget priorities on him. Observing, from left, are Vice President Al Gore, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta.
Wilfredo Lee
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Associated Press
Dec. 16, 1995
Gallery Protection Officer Patrick Rogers reaches for the closed sign and pulls it inside the National Gallery of Art as he and other officers close the doors to the gallery during a second government shutdown.
Nancy Andrews
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The Washington Post
Jan. 3, 1995
Vicky Lawson is comforted by friend Shanon Timmons as Lawson's husband, Ruperto, looks on outside federal government offices in Los Angeles. Vicky Lawson, who was pregnant, her husband and Timmons were all furloughed Housing and Urban Development workers who participated in a protest to oppose the partial government shutdown created by the budget standstill.
Rene Macura
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Associated Press
Nov. 16, 1995
White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta is surrounded by reporters in the White House briefing room during the partial shutdown of the federal government
Wilfredo Lee
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Associated Press
Jan. 3, 1995
Federal workers hold a demonstration outside the State Department to protest the partial federal government shutdown. House Republican leaders had dismissed a Senate plan that would send idled federal workers back to work.
Dennis Cook
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Associated Press
Nov. 14, 1995
Workers leave the Commerce Department as a result of the federal government shutdown. According to federal guidelines, the only agencies that stay open during a shutdown are those that provide for the national secuirty, provide for benefit payments and the performance of contract obligations and those that conduct essential activities to protect life and liberty.
Nancy Andrews
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The Washington Post
Dec. 15, 1995
As a second government shutdown, which lasted through Jan. 6. 1996, began, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) gestures to a chart listing some of the consequences of a shutdown at a news conference. Behind Hoyer are Rep. Karen McCarthy (D-Mo.), left, and Rep. Lane Evans (D-Ill.).
Ray Lustig
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The Washington Post
Dec. 26, 1995
Dave Glass of Baltimore, a federal computer assistant, and about 100 other furloughed Social Security Administration workers gather at the Arthur J. Altmeyer Building in Woodlawn, Md., to protest the government shutdown.
Gary Sussman
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Associated Press
Nov. 14, 1995
Visitors leave the Lincoln Memorial, which was closed because of the government shutdown.
Nancy Andrews
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The Washington Post
Jan. 2, 1996
Bernice Chandler, left, a federal government employee, and other furloughed workers protest the government shutdown in front of the Social Security Administration offices in Woodlawn, Md.
Gary Sussman
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Associated Press
Jan. 3, 1996
Labor Secretary Robert Reich, surrounded by boxes of Labor Department mail unanswered because of the partial government shutdown, gestures during a Washington news conference to discuss effects of the shutdown on his department.
Denis Paquin
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Associated Press
Jan. 3, 1996
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) talks to reporters before to a news conference to discuss how the government shutdown is affecting the District.
Ray Lustig
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The Washington Post
Sept. 27, 1996
Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) speaks during a news conference, saying there will be no government shutdown this time. Behind Warner are Rep.Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) and Rep. Constance A. Morella (R-Md.).
Ray Lustig
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The Washington Post
Jan. 11, 1996
Ramona Evans sorts the mountains of mail that piled up at the Department of Labor during one of the government shutdowns.
Tyler Mallory
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Jan. 6, 1996
Zoo animal keeper Joann Sordellini works with gray seals Keltie and Selkie at the National Zoo. Sordellini was a furloughed worker.
Juana Arias
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The Washington Post
Jan. 5, 1996
Legislators gather with federal employees in a rallly demanding the end of the government shutdown. From left are Rep. Constance A. Morella (R-Md.), Rep. Albert Wynn (D-Md.), Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) at lectern, Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Sen. Charles S. Robb (D-Va.).
Ray Lustig
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The Washington Post
Jan. 5, 1996
Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) emerges from a caucus of House Republicans on their proposed legislation to get the government back to work and pay federal employees.
Ray Lustig
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The Washington Post
Jan. 3, 1996
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee Elmira Benson protests the partial government shutdown outside the 6th District office of House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) in Marietta, Ga. About three dozen federal employees marched to protest the stalled budget talks.
John Bazemore
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Associated Press
Jan. 3, 1996
Greg Phillips, a State Department employee, and Victoria Alvarado, with the U.S. Information Agency, participate in a rally outside the State Department to protest the government shutdown. Several hundred employees participated.
Dayna Smith
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The Washington Post
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