Government Shutdown 2011
The budget battle between Democrats and Republicans to avoid a government shutdown.
$38B in spending cuts target Obama priorities
More than half of the $38 billion in spending cuts that lawmakers agreed to last week in the 2011 budget compromise would hit education, labor and health programs.
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Shutdown: Frequently asked questions
We've received a number of questions about the looming government shutdown. Here are answers to the questions we've received most often.
Five players to watch in shutdown saga
Republicans countered a Democratic bill with a surprise assault, arguing that the White House had told them it was unconstitutional.
What a shutdown might look like
No airport security officers? No advance warning from the National Weather Service? Veterans hospitals that lack nurses to attend the sick? Could these really be possibilites if a shutdown were to occur?
The 1990s shutdowns
Federal shutdowns in 1995 and 1996 shut down many government services and caused several hundred thousand workers to be furloughed.