government shutdown

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  1/2/19
  

  History During the Shutdown: Smithsonian and Other Museums Forced to Close

  They held on for as long as they could, but now the Smithsonian and other Washington museums are closed. 

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• SOURCE: Jacksonville Journal Courier (IL)
  10-22-13
  

  Is the Crisis Really Over?

  by Steve Hochstadt

  The answer lies within the Republican Party.

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• 10-15-13
  

  The Paranoid Style: Then and Now

  by Alan Wolfe

  We need to move beyond Richard Hofstadter's formulation of "paranoid" to understand today's Tea Party Republicans.

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• SOURCE: The Crisis Papers
  10-16-13
  

  Letter to European Friends: Understanding "The Stupid" in U.S. Politics

  by Bernard Weiner

  Are Americans totally round the bend?

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  10-16-13
  

  Congress: The Joke's On Us

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  Maligning Congress is easier than looking in the mirror.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10-11-13
  

  Annual Grant lecture in St. Louis is canceled

  The fifth annual Ulysses S. Grant lecture has been canceled due to the federal shutdown.

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• 10-14-13
  

  How to Fix Congress? The States Should Propose a New Constitutional Convention.

  by Richard Striner

  Article V stipulates that two-thirds of the states can force Congress to call a constitutional convention.

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• 10-14-13
  

  Why is the World War II Memorial at the Center of the Shutdown's Political Theater?

  by Samuel J. Redman

  The Greatest Generation still has a great deal of symbolic political power.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  10-4-13
  

  The Shutdown Is a Sideshow. Debt Is the Threat

  by Niall Ferguson

  An entitlement-driven disaster looms for America, yet Washington persists with its game of Russian roulette.

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• 10-8-13
  

  The Government Shutdown: Politics as War by Other Means

  by Paul J. Croce

  And just like the generals of World War I, our leaders in Washington have no idea how to break the stalemate.

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• 10-7-13
  

  Even Richard Hofstadter Would Be Amazed by Tea Party Extremism

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  How the paranoid style in American politics has shut down the government.

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• SOURCE: Daily Astorian
  10-4-13
  

  Daily Astorian: History On Hold As Shutdown Closes Park

  The government shutdown reaches historical tourists on the coast.

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• SOURCE: CNN.com
  10-2-13
  

  The Worst Shutdown in Modern U.S. History

  by Ellen Fitzpatrick and Theda Skocpol

  Why? Because it undermines the democratic process.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  10-2-13
  

  Tearful WWII veteran turned away from Ohio museum

  88-year-old Joe McGrain was turned away from the U.S. Air Force museum.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10-2-13
  

  Why The Right Fights

  by Ross Douthat

  Movement conservatives actually want smaller government.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10-1-13
  

  Roots of current impasse go back to 1974

  The Budget and Impoundment Control Act set up Congress for an October shutdown.

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• 10-3-13
  

  One Hundred Years to Open All the Presidents’ Records?

  by Anthony Clark

  Records from the Clinton Library show then-Associate White House Counsel Kagan's key role in drafting legal policy.

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• SOURCE: The Los Angeles Times
  10-1-13
  

  The Government Shutdown: Lincoln Said it Best

  The Economy Hub cites Abraham Lincoln as a source of inspiration to create peace in Congress.

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• SOURCE: CNN.com
  10-1-13
  

  Veterans break past World War II Memorial barricade

  The veterans are visiting Washington, D.C. as part of the Honor Flight Network.

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• SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  10-1-13
  

  A government shutdown history lesson

  What to expect from here.