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...short-term shutdown of the federal government will not seriously affect funding for Harvard, University officials said yesterday...
...ever since President Clinton refused to discuss the looming budget problem during their 25 hours in the air together. In fact, Gingrich said, Clinton flatly avoided them. "Both of us got on that airplane expecting to spend several hours talking about the budget and how do we avoid the shutdown," Gingrich said. "Every president we had ever flown with had us up front. Every president we had every flown with had talked to us at length." To add insult to injury, the House Speaker and Majority Leader were eventually herded out through the plane's rear exit. "You just wonder...
...agreement can't be reached, the mail would still be delivered and air traffic controllers would stay on the job as more than half of the 2 million federal employees still report to work. None would receive paychecks until a deal is reached. The last shutdown, which occurred on Columbus Day weekend in 1990, mainly affected tourists who were closed out of museums and monuments. But even that one day off had its price: according to the General Accounting Office, the 1990 closing cost taxpayers $1.7 million for closing federal facilities and missing contractual obligations...
...this war, the G.O.P.'s first weapon is the much-talked-about "train wreck"--the shutdown of government operations that could occur if Congress and the President fail to agree on 13 new spending bills by Oct. 1, the first year's installment toward balancing the budget. But even if both sides can avoid that crack-up, which they probably will, the Republicans have started threatening a far bigger disaster: unless the President signs on to the G.O.P. schedule for balancing the budget, the Republicans are threatening to allow the U.S. to default on its debts, with all the ensuing...
With Congress out of town for the July 4 recess, President Clinton used the political quiet time to seek a way to avoid a potential electoral problem: the closing of McClellan Air Force Base, located in voter-rich California. An independent commission has recommended the money-saving shutdown, one of many scheduled military-base closings around the U.S. As White House aides and Pentagon officials searched for a more politically palatable alternative, sources reported progress toward a possible deal: work done at the base might be privatized, thus allowing the military to erase McClellan from its books but giving California...