USA: The partial shutdown of the U.S. government enters its second day as Democrats and Republicans continue to wrangle over a plan to restore funding

Record ID: 862500

  • Title: USA: The partial shutdown of the U.S. government enters its second day as Democrats and Republicans continue to wrangle over a plan to restore funding
  • Date: 2nd October 2013
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 2, 2013) (REUTERS) WIDE OF CAPITOL DOME PEOPLE WALKING AND EXERCISING ALONG THE CAPITOL MALL WIDE OF WASHINGTON MONUMENT WITH SIGN IN FRONT READING "ALL NATIONAL PARKS ARE CLOSED" CLOSE-UP OF SIGN READING "ALL NATIONAL PARKS ARE CLOSED" WIDE OF 'VOICE OF AMERICA' BUILDING CLOSE-UP OF SIGN READING "VOICE OF AMERICA" CLOSE-UP OF NOTE READING "VOA TOURS ARE TEMPORARILY CLOSED" WIDE OF TRAFFIC POLICE STANDING AROUND WIDE OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUILDING SIGN FOR DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUILDING NOTE READING "AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY" PEOPLE WALKING INTO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 17th October 2013 13:00
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Politics
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  • Story Text: The partial shutdown of the U.S. government entered its second day on Wednesday (October 2), as Democrats and Republicans continued to battle over funding in Congress.
    The bitter standoff has forced the first government shutdown in 17 years and has sent hundreds of thousands of federal employees on unpaid leave.
    In Washington, D.C., signs were placed in front of monuments and federal buildings, marking them as 'temporarily closed' due to the shutdown.
    Meanwhile, President Barack Obama has scrapped part of a long-planned trip to Asia in order to deal with the ongoing budget impasse in Congress.
    His decision followed a fruitless day on Capitol Hill on Tuesday (October 1), with congressional Democrats and Republicans coming no closer to resolving their differences.
    Obama accused Republicans of taking the government hostage to sabotage his signature healthcare law, the most ambitious U.S. social program in five decades, passed three years ago.
    Republicans in the House of Representatives view the Affordable Care Act, known as 'Obamacare,' as a dangerous extension of government power, and they have coupled their efforts to undermine it with continued efforts to block government funding. The Democratic-controlled Senate has repeatedly rejected those efforts.
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