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*In 1995-1996, the federal government was shut down twice; once on November 14 and again in late December.   

*In 1995-1996, the federal government was shut down twice; once on November 14 and again in late December.   

==Potential 2011 U.S. Government Shutdown==

==2011 U.S. Government Budget Debate==

As of April 6, 2011, the U.S. Government is once again on the verge of a shutdown, as big-government [[liberals]] refuse to enact common sense, deficit-reducing legislation previously passed by the Republican House. Despite claims of a shutdown adversely affecting the American public, as propagated by the [[liberal media]], liberals, and some [[RINO]]s, the only real effect a shutdown will have is there will be less government spending occurring-there will be no true damage done. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/08/government-shutdown-shutdowny/ Government Shutdown Not So Shutdowny After All, Fox News, April 8, 2011]</ref> Liberal hyperbole aside, there's no reason that the government needs to be working all year round; the [[Constitution]] only mandates that Congress meet once a year.

In 2011, the U.S. Government was once again on the verge of a shutdown, as big-government [[liberals]] refuse to enact common sense, deficit-reducing legislation previously passed by the Republican House. Despite claims of a shutdown adversely affecting the American public, as propagated by the [[liberal media]], liberals, and some [[RINO]]s, the only real effect a shutdown would have had is that there would have been less government spending occurring; no significant harm would have been incurred. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/08/government-shutdown-shutdowny/ Government Shutdown Not So Shutdowny After All, Fox News, April 8, 2011]</ref> Liberal hyperbole aside, there's no reason that the government needs to be working all year round; the [[Constitution]] only mandates that Congress meet once a year. The budget debate was resolved at the eleventh hour on April 8, 2011, when one last stopgap resolution was agreed upon and a plan to enact $38.5 billion in budget cuts. Though this was largely seen as a political victory for the GOP Speaker of the House, [[John Boehner]]<ref>http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/04/09/who-won-shutdown-showdown-it-wasnt-even-close</ref>, it should be noted that riders for defunding abortion provider [[Planned Parenthood]] were defeated. <ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/08/MNQN1ITB0O.DTL</ref>

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