HNN Hot Topics: Government Shutdowns
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Articles from the 2013 Shutdown:
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How Will Historians Be Affected by the Government Shutdown? Most federal agencies -- including archives and parks -- are closed. It just got a LOT harder to do history in the United States. |
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The Worst Shutdown in Modern U.S. History Why? Because it undermines the democratic process. CNN |
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Tearful WWII veteran turned away from Ohio museum 88-year-old Joe McGrain was turned away from the U.S. Air Force museum. WALL STREET JOURNAL |
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Why The Right Fights Movement conservatives actually want smaller government. NEW YORK TIMES |
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Roots of current impasse go back to 1974 The Budget and Impoundment Control Act set up Congress for an October shutdown. NEW YORK TIMES |
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The Government Shutdown: Lincoln Said It Best The Economy Hub cites Abraham Lincoln as a source of inspiration to create peace in Congress. LOS ANGELES TIMES |
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The Shutdown Standoff Is One of the Worst Crises in American History Welcome to Weimar America. THE NEW REPUBLIC |
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The Real Story of the Shutdown: 50 Years of GOP Race-Baiting Nixon's Southern strategy reaps its bitter fruit. SALON |
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Shutdown Fulfills GOP’s Confederate Fantasies It's a way of acting out a deeply held secessionist dream. ALTERNET |
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The Right Gets Its ’60s Obamacare is their Vietnam. NEW YORK TIMES |
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Lessons from the last government shutdown Lesson #1: the shutdown was NOT a political disaster for the Republican Party. PEW RESEARCH CENTER |
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Veterans break past World War II Memorial barricade The veterans are visiting Washington, D.C. as part of the Honor Flight Network. CNN |
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A government shutdown history lesson What to expect from here. ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION |