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US government shutdown starts as Congress remains deadlocked
A federal government shutdown began Tuesday morning as a deadlocked Congress failed to reach an agreement on a short-term funding measure by a 12:01 a.m. deadline. The shutdown was the first since 1997. On the Senate floor shortly after midnight, Senate Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said the shutdown was “an unnecessary blow to America.” Government officials told agencies to begin executing plans for a shutdown shortly before midnight Monday. In a memo to executive branch officers sent less than half an hour before the deadline, Office of Management and Budget director Sylvia Burwell said there was no “clear indication” that Congress would reach an agreement to keep the government operating. nbc news
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