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Congress plunges nation into government shutdown

October 01, 2013

For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government staggered into a partial shutdown Monday at midnight after congressional Republicans demanded changes in the nation's health care law as the price for essential federal funding and President Barack Obama and Democrats adamantly refused.

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130930/business/709309920/
 
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