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Video Clip: Congress Votes to Reopen the Government After Brief Shutdown

Description

After letting the funding for the government expire at midnight Thursday, Congress passed a funding bill to fund the government. Senator Rand Paul took the floor to object to the bill stating his concerns about adding to the deficit.

3 minutes

Keywords

  • Amend
  • Debt
  • Deficit
  • Democrat
  • House Of Representatives
  • Republican
  • Senate

Additional Resource

  • Video Clip: What is a Partial Government Shutdown?

    Government Executive Senior Correspondent, Eric Katz explained the details of the government shutdown. He discussed the individual agencies that are impacted by this and how some agencies are able to stay open.