Government Shutdown Over

From October 1 to 17, 2013, the United States federal government entered a shutdown after Congress failed to enact legislation for appropriations for fiscal year 2014, or a continuing resolution for the interim authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2014. About 800,000 federal employees were indefinitely furloughed, another 1.3 million were required to report to work without known payment dates, and many services were suspended or curtailed; only those employees and services deemed “excepted” under the Antideficiency Act remained active. The most recent previous U.S. federal government shutdown was in 1995–96.