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Aug 9, 2017 · U.S. relationship. Guam was claimed by Spain in 1565 and became a U.S. territory in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. Japan seized it for about 2 1/2 years during World War II. In 1950, an...
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- November 20–23, 1981. President Ronald Reagan triggered the first government shutdown when he vetoed a funding bill because he thought it should have cut more from domestic spending.
- September 30–October 2, 1982. The next year, Congress caused another shutdown by missing the deadline to pass a government spending bill, even though it had already agreed on the terms for the bill.
- October 3–5, 1984. The U.S. government had two back-to-back funding gaps in 1984: one from September 30 to October 3, and another from October 3 to 5.
- October 16–18, 1986. The 1986 shutdown played out much like the one in 1984: the government furloughed about 500,000 federal employees for half a day, and Democrats conceded to Reagan’s demands in order to end the shutdown.
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Aug 9, 2017 · When the U.S. won the war, it made Guam an official U.S. territory. Guamanians, as the U.S. government calls them, are now U.S. citizens by birth. However, unlike citizens in America’s 50...
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Feb 26, 2024 · Feb 26 (Reuters) - Significant swaths of the U.S. government would have to suspend operations as soon as March 1 if Congress does not pass spending legislation that would avert a shutdown. Here...
Sep 21, 2023 · when and why would the government shut down? Republicans who control the House of Representatives are pushing for steep spending cuts that are opposed by President Joe Biden and his fellow ...
Dec 1, 2021 · WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is running out of time to avert a partial government shutdown, which wouldlead to furloughs for potentially hundreds of thousands of federal...
In the United States, government shutdowns occur when funding legislation required to finance the federal government is not enacted before the next fiscal year begins.
