https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown Government shut down en-us 2018-01-22 15:33:47 UTC 2018-01-24 14:42:06 UTC hello@padlet.com fuentesnathalie479 https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/223386746 A government shutdown is the closure of nonessential offices of the government due to lack of approval on the federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Approval is reached if Congress passes all of the spending bills regarding the federal budget.]]> 2018-01-22 15:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/223386746 fuentesnathalie479 https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/223386875 Midnight on January 20, 2018, the federal government shut down. The Senate voted on a continuing resolution to extend spending until February 16, 2018 , but Republicans couldn't get enough democrats to vote for it. Even some Republicans voted against the bill. They wanted to focus on passing the permanent budget instead another continuing resolution. ]]> 2018-01-22 15:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/223386875 fuentesnathalie479 https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/223387014 The continuing resolution was necessary because two houses of Congress could not agree on the budget for the fiscal year 2018. ]]> 2018-01-22 15:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/223387014 fuentesnathalie479 https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/224231668 For the Department of Defense, at least half of the civilian workforce, and the full-time, dual-status military technicians in the US National Guard and traditional Guardsmen are furloughed and not paid while the shutdown is in effect.]]> 2018-01-24 14:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/224231668 fuentesnathalie479 https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/224231989 The government shutdown ends by vote from the Senate and for this shut down the Senate voted 81-18.]]> 2018-01-24 14:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/224231989 fuentesnathalie479 https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/224232407 January 19th
January 30th : the State of the Union
January 31st : the deadline for immigration 
March 5th - 31st : DACA, towards the end of March for CHIP funding patch]]> 2018-01-24 14:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/224232407 fuentesnathalie479 https://padlet.com/fuentesnathalie479/governmentshutdown/wish/224233179 https://www.thebalance.com/government-shutdown-3305683

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/02/politics/2018-agenda-congress-deadlines/index.html

http://www.newsweek.com/what-government-shutdown-what-it-means-786103

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