Word: shutdowns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sign some of these riders, but he'll get to pick and choose the ones that are most onerous and then decide what to keep. He seems to once again have gauged the political winds more accurately than the Republicans have." Then again, ever since the government shutdown of 1995 brought disaster for the GOP at the polls, budget negotiations have been something of a home-court game for the White House...
That plays to local resentment of federal agents, which is running high, in part because almost everybody will suffer from the bank's shutdown. The town government has already laid off a third of its workers, including the town manager, and is down to two police officers. During the town-council meeting last Thursday, Cherry, who is also mayor, doubled her fists and vowed that if anyone tried to make her resign her city post, "I'll give 'em some knuckle puddin'." She had a request for the council. Now that she has lost her job and her $4 million...
...Baset was one of the first to know about the impending shutdown. He was on duty last Tuesday night when Ed Barsamian called him and asked him to stay an extra hour or so, until Barsamian could come into the store...
Because of a stopgap measure to keep the government running, Congress has until Oct. 21 to get a budget passed or there will be another government shutdown. It is time for the Republicans in Congress to stop playing budget games and start to recognize that the spending caps are unrealistic. Helping people is more important than saving face...
...quake left nearly 2,000 dead and at least 100,000 homeless and toppled some 6,000 buildings. Relief agencies from around the world, including the U.S., Turkey and Russia, mobilized to help. In financial centers, stocks took a pounding of their own as investors fretted about what the shutdown of Taiwan's microchip industry would mean to the always jumpy electronics sector...