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The federal government neared its third shutdown in 10 years before House Speaker Kevin stanley cup McCarthy helped broker a last-minute short-term deal Saturday to keep government open, mere hours before a midnight deadline.The 45-day stopgap bill passed the House and Senate and will keep the federal government open through Nov. 17.Prior to the deal, the possibilityof a government shutdownraised questions about just how long a shutdown would last. The most recent shutdown, which stretched from Dec. 21, 2018 until Jan. 25, 2019, was also the longest in history, and forced hundreds of thousands of federal employees to be furloughed or work for weeks without pay. Here s what happened in some of the lengthiest prior shutdowns:The longest government shutdownsSince 1976, when the current budget process was enacted, there have been 20 funding gaps lasting at least one fu stanley taza ll day, according to the Congressional Research Service. Before the 1980s, it was common for the government to continue operating like normal when funding bills hadn t been passed, Glassman said. But in 1980 and 1981, Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti issued two opinions that said it was illegal for the government to spend money without congressional approval. Since then, there have been some funding gaps that have been relatively short mdash; two or three days mdash; and then there have been three long ones that are politically significan stanley shop t, all stimulated by Republicans, said Rdcy How Detroit s Big Three Automakers Screwed Up
Programming errors and inexperience dealing with electronic voting machines frustrated poll workers across the country Tuesday, delaying voters in some states. But, the issues were, for the most part, limited in time and scope.CBS News found notable problems in roughly 15 states, a stanley tumbler lthough all were sporadic. Most of the issues came early in the morning when poll workers had problems starting up their new electronic voting machines. A number of polling places stayed open later in half a dozen states as a result of voting machine glitches, but none of the delays seem to have had an impact on fina stanley nz l election results. A judge turned down Colorado Democrats request to keep polls in Denver open for vaso stanley two extra hours after balky computers, the longest statewide ballot in decades and unfamiliar new voting machines delayed voting for up to three hours.Democratic Party attorney David Fine said he did not know whether the decision would be appealed. State GOP spokesman Bryant Adams had called the request outrageous and unnecessary. Adams said anyone in line by the scheduled 7 p.m. closing time would be allowed to vote, and he accused Democrats of trying to win the election in the courts rather than at the ballot box. There have also been claims of attempted voter intimidation in Virginia, in the midst of a heated Senate race between Republican Senator George Allen and Democratic challenger Jim Webb.Jean Jensen, secretary of the Board of Elec