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4 unusual facts about United States federal government shutdown of 2013


2014 United States federal budget

It did not pass before the beginning of the new fiscal year, leading to a government shutdown.

Clarence Fahnestock State Park

During the United States federal government shutdown of 2013, the park was the subject of a satirical "imagined monologue" published by McSweeney's Internet Tendency.

Cliff House, San Francisco

During the 2013 government shutdown, the US Park Service ordered the restaurant closed.

Continuing resolution

An attempt was made to pass the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (H.J.Res 59) prior to October 1, but the House and Senate could not agree on its provisions, leading to the United States federal government shutdown of 2013.


United States Penitentiary, McCreary

On October 15, 2013, WBIR-TV, an NBC affiliate serving southeastern Kentucky, aired a story on how about 350 federal employees, primarily correctional officers, were working without pay during the 2013 federal government shutdown.


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