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► Today you should put 'good conversation' at the top of your priority list! But in order to make it happen, you have to be ready to take things to a deeper level than you usually do -- with people you don't usually talk to. Small talk is for small minds, right now, and since you certainly are not one of those, why not prove it? Instead of asking about someone's weekend, ask them how they feel about, say, international politics. You might get an odd look, but you'll also get great insight into another person. This is not the right time to make lofty plans or to race off in exciting new directions -- you just have to take care of the boring, mundane tasks that occasionally take hold of your life.
Starting in 1976, the United States Federal Government has shut down on 18 occasions
| Year | Start date (exclusive) | End date (exclusive) | Total days | President | Senate | House | Circumstances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Sep 30 | Oct 11 | 10 | Ford | Dem | Dem | Citing out of control spending, President Gerald Ford vetoed a funding bill for the United States Department of Labor and the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), leading to a partial government shutdown. On October 1, the Democratically-controlled Congress overrode Ford's veto but it took until October 11 for a continuing resolution ending funding gaps for other parts of government to become law. |
| 1977 | Sep 30 | Oct 13 | 12 | Carter | Dem | Dem | The Democratically-controlled House continued to uphold the ban on using Medicaid dollars to pay for abortions, except in cases where the life of the mother was at stake. Meanwhile, the Democratic-controlled Senate pressed to loosen the ban to allow abortion funding in the case of rape or incest. A funding gap was created when disagreement over the issue between the houses had become tied to funding for the Departments of Labor and HEW, leading to a partial government shutdown. A temporary agreement was made to restore funding through October 31, 1977, allowing more time for Congress to resolve its dispute. |
| 1977 | Oct 31 | Nov 9 | 8 | Carter | Dem | Dem | The earlier temporary funding agreement expired. President Jimmy Carter signed a second funding agreement to allow for more time for negotiation. |
| 1977 | Nov 30 | Dec 9 | 8 | Carter | Dem | Dem | The second temporary funding agreement expired. The House held firm against the Senate in its effort to ban Medicaid paying for the abortions of victims of statutory rape. A deal was eventually struck which allowed Medicaid to pay for abortions in cases resulting from rape, incest, or in which the mother's health is at risk. |
| 1978 | Sep 30 | Oct 18 | 18 | Carter | Dem | Dem | Deeming them wasteful, President Carter vetoed a public works appropriations bill and a defense bill including funding for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Spending for the Department of HEW was also delayed over additional disputes concerning Medicaid funding for abortion. |
| 1979 | Sep 30 | Oct 12 | 11 | Carter | Dem | Dem | Against the opposition of the Senate, the House pushed for a 5.5 percent pay increase for congress members and senior civil servants. The House also sought to restrict federal spending on abortion only to cases where the mother's life is in danger, while the Senate wanted to maintain funding for abortions in cases of rape and incest. |
| 1981 | Nov 20 | Nov 23 | 2 | Reagan | Rep | Dem | President Ronald Reagan pledged that he would veto any spending bill that failed to include at least half of the $8.4 billion in domestic budget cuts that he proposed. Although the Republican controlled Senate passed a bill that met his specifications, the Democratically controlled House insisted on larger cuts to defense than Reagan wanted as well as pay raises for congress and senior civil servants. A compromise bill fell $2 billion short of the cuts Reagan wanted, so Reagan vetoed the bill and shut down the federal government. A temporary bill restored spending through 15 December and gave Congress the time to work out a more lasting deal. |
| 1982 | Sep 30 | Oct 2 | 1 | Reagan | Rep | Dem | Congress passed the required spending bills a day late. |
| 1982 | Dec 17 | Dec 21 | 3 | Reagan | Rep | Dem | The House and Senate wished to fund job programs, but President Reagan vowed to veto any such legislation. The House also opposed plans to fund the MX missile. The shutdown ended after Congress abandoned their jobs plan, but Reagan was forced to yield on funding for both the MX and Pershing II missiles. He also accepted funding for the Legal Services Corporation, which he wanted abolished, in exchange for higher foreign aid to Israel. |
| 1983 | Nov 10 | Nov 14 | 3 | Reagan | Rep | Dem | The House increased education funding but cut defense and foreign aid spending, which led to a dispute with President Reagan. Eventually, the House reduced their proposed education funding, and also accepted funding for the MX missile. However, the foreign aid and defense cuts remained, and oil and gas leasing was banned in federal wildlife refuges. Abortion was also prohibited from being paid for with government employee health insurance. |
| 1984 | Sep 30 | Oct 3 | 2 | Reagan | Rep | Dem | The House wished to link the budget to both a crime-fighting package President Reagan supported and a water projects package he did not. The Senate additionally tied the budget to a civil rights measure designed to overturn Grove City v. Bell. Reagan proposed a compromise where he abandoned his crime package in exchange for Congress dropping the water projects package. A deal was not struck, and a three-day spending extension was passed instead. |
| 1984 | Oct 3 | Oct 5 | 1 | Reagan | Rep | Dem | The 3 October spending extension expired, forcing a shutdown. Congress dropped their proposed water and civil rights packages, while President Reagan kept his crime package. Funding for aid to the Nicaraguan Contras was also passed. |
| 1986 | Oct 16 | Oct 18 | 1 | Reagan | Rep | Dem | Disputes over multiple issues between the House and President Reagan and the Republican Senate forced a shutdown. The House dropped many of their demands in exchange for a vote on their welfare package, and a concession of the sale of then-government-owned Conrail. |
| 1987 | Dec 18 | Dec 20 | 1 | Reagan | Dem | Dem | The House and Senate opposed funding for the Contras and wanted the Federal Communications Commission to renew enforcement of the "Fairness Doctrine". They yielded on the "Fairness Doctrine" issue in exchange for non-lethal aid to the Contras. |
| 1990 | Oct 5 | Oct 9 | 4 | G.H.W. Bush | Dem | Dem | President George H.W. Bush vowed to veto any continuing resolution that was not paired with a deficit reduction package, and did so when one reached his desk. The House failed to override his veto before a shutdown occurred. Congress then passed a continuing resolution with a deficit reduction package to end the shutdown. |
| 1995 | Nov 13 | Nov 19 | 5 | Clinton | Rep | Rep | President Bill Clinton vetoed a continuing resolution passed by the Republican-controlled Congress. A deal was reached allowing for 75-percent funding for four weeks, and Clinton agreed to a seven-year timetable for a balanced budget. |
| 1995-1996 | Dec 15 | Jan 6 | 21 | Clinton | Rep | Rep | The Republicans demanded that President Clinton propose a budget with the seven-year timetable using Congressional Budget Office numbers, rather than Clinton's Office of Management and Budget numbers. However, Clinton refused. Eventually, Congress and Clinton agreed to pass a compromise budget. |
| 2013 | Sep 30 | Ongoing | 3 days | Obama | Dem | Rep | Due to disagreement regarding inclusion of language defunding or delaying the Affordable Care Act, the Government has not passed a funding bill. Negotiations have come to a stop and the shutdown is in progress. |
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► GUARDIAN 2October 2013
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► MICHELLE MALKIN 2 October 2013 : Good news: Supreme Court agrees to hear Harris v. Quinn (families battling SEIU over thuggish home invasion scheme)
► Democrats say Obama rejected Republican arguments on government shutdown in meeting
► Republican Speaker Boehner says Obama refused to negotiate in White House meeting
► Obama, GOP won't budge, shutdown now into third day
By Jeff Mason and Thomas Ferraro - WASHINGTON - There seemed to be no sign of a breakthrough after talks between President Barack Obama and Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress failed to break the deadlock that has shut down wide swaths of the federal government for two days.
* Republican Speaker Boehner says Obama refused to negotiate
* Democrats say Obama rejected GOP arguments on shutdown
* Measuring the impacts of the U.S. government closures
* Video: Government freeze felt across the United States
* Slideshow: Scenes from the shutdown
► Analysis: Tenet stands out by experimenting with core model of Obamacare
► U.S. deadlock drags on dollar, stocks put up a fight
► Experimenting with core model of Obamacare
By Susan Kelly - Tenet Healthcare Corp, the Dallas, Texas-based company stands out among its peers for experimenting with a core concept of the legislation - the lofty goals of coordinating treatment in a single, integrated system that reins in costs by improving care.
* Covered and looking for deals, insured Americans shop Obamacare
► U.S. talks with Iran must be based on concrete steps by Tehran: Kerry
► Putin, Obama may discuss Syria next week in Bali: Kremlin
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama may discuss the Syria crisis on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit next week in Bali, a Kremlin aide said on Thursday.
► VIDEOS
■ Russian embassy in Libya attacked
■ Obama, congressional leaders still deadlocked on shutdown
■ Reuters Today: Obama invokes market fear, meets Wall St CEOs
■ Members of Congress point blame for government shutdown
► The electronic cigarette || ► E-cigarette inventor fights for financial rewards
► Israel military drill simulates chemical attack
► Federal employees protest government shutdown ||► Free lunch for federal workers affected by govt shutdown || ► Republican leader complains Obama won't negotiate
► Furloughed Workers: 'Send Us Back to Work' || ► Clapper: Shutdown Damages Intelligence Mission || ► Economic Fallout Worries Over Gov't Shutdown || ► House GOP: Senate Must Negotiate to End Shutdown || ► GOP: Dems Won't Talk, Reid: Boehner Won't Listen || ► WH Meeting Yields No Progress on Shutdown
► Raw: Northern Lights Put on Show Over Minnesota
► NEWS
■ World powers on 'right track' on Syria chemical arms: Putin
■ Belarus leader says Obama surprises him, 'blacks were slaves'
■ AP PHOTOS: Gaza tunnels idle amid Egypt crackdown
■ Republicans reject call for vote on reopening government as Obama meets lawmakers
■ Obama, lawmakers to meet on shutdown's 2nd day
■ Turkish government seeks renewed mandate to send troops to Syria
■ Photos of the day - October 2, 2013
■ Israel 'angry' with new Iran-West logic: Rouhani
■ Russian Embassy in Libya comes under fire, attack repelled
■ Lawmakers feeling heat from government shutdown
■ Obama engages Iran as Congress is poised to pass tough new economic sanctions
■ Parliament showdown looms for Italy prime minister
■ Russia charges 14 Greenpeace activists with piracy; more charges expected
■ New Ways to Avoid Getting a Real Job
■ Giant mushrooms pop up in family's yard
■ Government shutdown hurting U.S. army: general
► FINANCE
■ Disney Offers Full-Time to Park Staff as Obamacare Starts
■ Obama to Wall Street: This time be worried
► HEALTH : Mercury in Seafood: Is It Still Safe to Eat Fish?
► FEATURE
■ Cultivating kindness - Can we teach compassion?
■ A taste of honey - Why mead is making a comeback in the US
► HEALTH
■ Exercise 'can be as good as pills'
■ Belgian transsexual helped to die
► MAGAZINE : Bye-bye, birthplace - Twenty readers who switched nationalities
► Today's African Proverb : "The truth can never catch up with a propagated lie" - A Somali proverb sent by Hussein Mohamed, Nashville, US
► US Army and Intel: Shutdown already damaging national security
► Snowden's email service Lavabit consistently denied US govt access despite intimidation
► 'Let's stop this government-by-extortion' - Green Party's Stein on US shutdown
► OP-ED
■ 'US economy is just one giant hedge fund' - by Max Keiser
■ Netanyahu's UN speech: Sounds like a sociopath? - by Pepe Escober
Mmm, ... in exactly is paranoid! Well, maybe this is understandable, considering the background of Israel as an ill nation, because of the Holocaust and a nation with a dark history because it always felt driven from land to land. Ahmadinejad ever threatened to wipe Israel off the map, and this reminds Israel injuries in the past. Sometimes I can understand their hidden fears, as long as Israel does not do crazy by killing the Palestinians, for example. I hate to see the pitiable but cruelty.
► 'Putin's Syria role deserving of Nobel Peace Prize'
Mmm, I do not agree completely. My question is, "Does Putin do this -- what is called as a peacemaker -- because of Russia interests in Syria or purely because of the peace itself? Why did Putin remain silent --- in the sense : Russia did not use its veto against the UN Security Council resolution which authorizing the military intervention to protect Libyan civilians --- when NATO attacking Libya in 2011? Even until they killed Gaddafi. Why?
► Putin seeks to double labor productivity to end 'oil needle' reliance
► VIDEOS
■ Schizo Shutdown: Does govt halt show loss of touch with reality at Capitol Hill
■ CrossTalk: Exceptional America?
■ Eco-Pirates? Greenpeace activists charged with piracy over oil rig protest
■ Inches from Death: UK cyclist narrowly escapes collision with train
■ Golden Dawn...or Dusk? Greek far-right party faces criminal charges
■ Gunmen attack, break-in attempt at Russian embassy in Libya's Tripoli || ■ Exclusive video: Russian embassy attacked in Libya (Immediate aftermath)
■ 'Congress acts completely in betrayal of US people'
■ Cash Tweet: Israeli students paid to defend country online. Cash strapped Israeli students have a new way to relieve their financial plight. They can get easy money by simply posting positive tweets and clicking the 'like' button in the right places. That's after authorities came up with the idea of offering youngsters salaries and even scholarships for protection of the government's interests and fighting anti-semitism on the web. But ironically, the father of the digital diplomacy program has come under fire for posting racist comments - the very thing he was meant to be preventing. RT's Paula Slier reports.
■ #BlackOctober '93: Reliving Moscow attempted coup with RT's Live Timeline
► The War In October - The Heat of Battle. The 40th anniversary of what Egyptians call the October War and the Israelis know as the Yom Kippur War.
► Can the US get its house in order?|| ► US government shutdown affects employees and tourists
► Series five, episode one
► Myanmar: Can the religious violence be ended? We ask if the government can protect its Muslim population from persecution.
► No Progress. Congressional leaders admitted they're no closer to ending the shutdown after emerging from a Wednesday meeting at the White House.
* House Moves Towards Supporting Backpay for Federal Employees
* Dick Armey to GOP: Surrender!
* What's a Furlough?: TIME Explains Government Shutdown Buzzwords
* Beating the Shutdown Blues with Beer, Naps and Porn
Well, this is a big state budget problem. Despite your credibility will be questioned but the smaller countries could only shake their heads respond to the style of your problem, America! At least, this is not for Congo, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Liberia or Eritria, maybe? Ehehhe, once again I'm thinking. You're snobby, America! Huh? (And dahling, you are so smelly, ehehehe...)
► VIDEOS
■ War Veterans Talk to TIME about the Shutdown
■ Government Shutdown: A Look Back at the Blame-Game
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► RUSSIA : Russia Takes on Greenpeace in the Arctic - Activists' ship ran into Russia's show of military force
► HEART DISEASE : Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Shows Promise - An experimental compound cuts levels dramatically
► REAL ESTATE : High-rise apartments planned for downtown - Mack Urban hopes to transform parcels east of Staples Center into a walkable community aimed at a wide swath of rental budgets.
► BUSINESS : Government shutdown may cut into so-so holiday sales, trade group says
* Holiday sales are projected to rise 3.9%
* Wells Fargo is accused of bogging down mortgage modifications
► OPINION
■ "President Obama's position that he won't negotiate on the debt ceiling is also outrageous."
■ Jimmy Kimmel's Obamacare stunt: How infallible is public opinion?
■ A greedy, hypocritical GOP
► FASHION : Paris Fashion Week spring/summer 2014: Hermes review
Dancers from India perform during the opening ceremony of the Balkan Peace Festival in Skopje, Macedonia, which is organized on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday and the International Day Against Violence. PHOTOGRAPH BY: ROBERT ATANASOVSKI / AFP/Getty Images
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