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pass a budget (On October 1, 2013, the United States federal government entered a shutdown suspending discretionary services deemed "non-excepted" by the Antideficiency Act.[1] Because of the government's failure to enact regular appropriations or a continuing resolution for the 2014 fiscal year, appropriations have lapsed and about 800,000 federal employees were indefinitely furloughed without pay, while another 1.3 million "excepted" employees were required to report to work indefinitely without pay until a budget is passed 4uzhoj) |
