Tuesday 1 October - 07: 07
UNITED STATES. For lack of budget, the federal state is forced to cease its activities
Faced with the failure of Congress to vote a budget before the deadline, the White House ordered just before midnight US federal agencies to cease operations, Monday 30 September, putting nearly a million employees on unemployment. This shutdown seemed more and more inevitable as the start of fiscal year 2014 approached, before which Congress had to approve appropriations to ensure that the state could operate.
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http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/ ... _3234.html
Democrats and Conservatives have not reached an agreement to vote the 2014 budget. Federal agencies will remain closed. 800.000 federal officials will be on leave without pay.
http://www.lesoir.be/329954/article/act ... t-paralyse