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    Memories of the Strip

    Apr 16, 2020

    We asked, "When was the last time you were on the Strip before the shutdown? Recall as vividly as you can." Here's what readers said.

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    Clark County Shuts Down 11 Non-Essential Businesses

    Mar 24, 2020

    Clark County spokesperson Dan Kulin told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the county has shuttered 11 non-essential businesses in the first two

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    Birds fly and land on the U.S. border wall, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Lawmakers in Washington are still finalizing a border security funding deal with more resources for physical barriers.
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    Congress Awaits Final Border Bill With Shutdown Deadline Looming

    Feb 13, 2019
    House and Senate leaders aim to vote by the Friday deadline on a seven-bill spending package that includes a $1.375 billion in funding for 55 miles of fencing along the U.S. border with Mexico.
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    Politics
    A steel barrier runs along the border of the United States and Mexico near Calexico, California. Bipartisan negotiators on Capitol Hill are discussing what kind of physical barriers are needed and how much Congress should spend to address national securi
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    Border Security Talks Begin On Capitol Hill

    Jan 30, 2019
    House and Senate lawmakers formally kick off negotiations today. They are facing a Feb. 15 deadline to come up with a spending bill the president will sign to avoid another shutdown.
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    Investigations
    National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia in 2018. The NTSB was unable to begin several investigati
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    Working Through Shutdown Backlog, NTSB Warns Accident Evidence May Be Lost

    Jan 29, 2019
    Twenty-two accidents, including 15 plane crashes, weren't investigated during the partial government shutdown. Instead of visiting the site of the crash, examiners might just examine stored wreckage.
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    Federal employees wait in line at World Central Kitchen, a food bank and food distribution center established by celebrity chef José Andrés. The federal government is back open, but it could be several days before workers receive missed paychecks.
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    Federal Employees Return To Work, But Fears Of Another Shutdown Loom

    Jan 28, 2019
    While the reopening of the government is welcome news for many federal workers, some express trepidation that they'll face the same predicament after Feb. 15.
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    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer answer questions following an announced end to the partial government shutdown Friday.
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    7 Takeaways From The Longest Shutdown In U.S. History

    Jan 26, 2019
    President Trump was outmaneuvered by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and did damage with key constituencies. Meanwhile, Americans may be more aware of what government does.
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    Demonstrators protest against the government shutdown in Boston on Friday.
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    D.C. Judge Tells Furloughed Workers They Must Stay On The Job

    Jan 15, 2019
    About 400,000 federal workers are called "excepted" and are required to work without pay. They sued for an injunction that would end that requirement, but the judge said no.
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    IRS employee Pam Crosbie and others hold signs protesting the government shutdown at a federal building in Ogden, Utah.
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    Most Americans Call Shutdown 'Embarrassing' As It's Set To Become Longest In History

    Jan 11, 2019
    An NPR/Ipsos Poll finds more than 70 percent of Americans say the shutdown is embarrassing for the country, will hurt the economy and the government should remain open while budget talks continue.
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    President Trump delivers his first prime-time address from the Oval Office on Tuesday.
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    7 Takeaways From President Trump's Oval Office Address

    Jan 09, 2019
    For all the formality of an Oval Office address, the partial shutdown is no closer to being over, and Democrats and Republicans are living in very different worlds when it comes to immigration policy.
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    As Shutdown Drags On, Volunteers Step In To Clean Up Nevada's National Parks, Rec Areas

    Jan 07, 2019

    The partial government shutdown has caused

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    Visitor Dies At Yosemite National Park During Shutdown

    Jan 04, 2019
    YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.
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    "We're not doing the wall," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday night. "Does anybody have any doubt that we're not doing the wall?"
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    Trump And Congressional Leaders To Meet Again, But Shutdown Deal Remains Unlikely

    Jan 04, 2019
    Friday's meeting comes as the partial government shutdown hits the two-week mark. On Thursday, the House passed two funding bills, but President Trump threatened to veto them.
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    Unless the Senate goes along with a House-passed funding bill the government will partially shut down 12:01 am Saturday.
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    Trump Warns Of 'Very Long' Shutdown Unless Senate Approves Border Wall Funds

    Dec 21, 2018
    The Senate will take up the House-passed funding bill with money for a border wall, but Democrats who oppose the $5 billion the president demanded are expected to block it.
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    If approved, the agreement would postpone the debate over money for President Trump's border wall until December, when a lame-duck Congress will be in place.
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    House And Senate Negotiators Strike Deal To Avoid Shutdown Threat

    Sep 13, 2018
    A bipartisan spending deal postpones a fight over money for a border wall before the election. The bill funds about 75 percent of the government, with a stopgap measure for the rest through Dec. 7.
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    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) arrives at the Capitol at the start of the third day of the government shutdown on Monday.
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    Senate Advances Measure To End 3 Day Government Shutdown

    Jan 21, 2018

    The Senate is voting to restore government funding through Feb. 8. After the final vote, the stopgap bill goes to the House and then to the president.

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    Politics
    Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Saturday, arguing that the shutdown is mainly President Trump's fault. Republicans say Democrats manufactured the crisis over immigration.
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    Who Will Carry The Blame For The Shutdown? Maybe No One

    Jan 21, 2018
    If voters punished Republicans over the last shutdown, it was by giving them the Senate majority. Since then, a blinding news cycle had made each crisis only more forgettable than the last.
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    It's All Politics
    If Congress doesn't act to fund the Department of Homeland Security by Friday, then over 200,000 TSA employees won't be receiving paychecks — but many of them will still have to show up to work.
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    For TSA Officers, Congress' Inaction On Funding Could Hit Home

    Feb 23, 2015
    If Congress doesn't fund the Department of Homeland Security this week, most DHS employees will likely be ordered to stay on the job — and make do without a paycheck until funding is restored.
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    Senator Reid and the Budget Crisis

    Apr 13, 2011
    As Senate Majority leader, Sen. Harry Reid has been at the center of negotiations to avert a budget shutdown. The crisis was only resolved at the eleventh hour on Friday night. We discuss the role Sen. Reid played in those negotiations and what is likely to happen in the coming weeks as the Congress grapples with a new budget and raising the nation's debt, which will have to be done by May.
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    How Will the Government Shutdown Affect The Southwest?

    Apr 12, 2011

    Federal officials are preparing for a government shutdown if Capitol Hill doesn't reach a budget agreement.  National parks and museums would close, and employees would be put on furlough.

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    Reid v. Boehner

    Mar 02, 2011
    The Congress is struggling to agree about a budget for the rest of this year. And the dispute is coming down to the wire.
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