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Federal Government shuts down after stalemate

October 1, 2013, 7:26 am

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The United States lurched into a dreaded government shutdown today for the first time in 17 years, after Congress failed to end a bitter budget row after hours of dizzying brinkmanship according to Getty reports.

A U.S. Park Police officer assists Park Service employees in closing down the Martin Luther King (MLK) Memorial on the National Mall October 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

A board informs visitors of the closing of the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial, west of Paris, on October 1, 2013, after US Congress was unable to agree on a federal budget and shut down for the first time in 17 years. (Pierre Andrieu/Getty images)

A US World War II veteran visits the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2013. The US Park Service opened the area to the veterans who are brought to Washington to visit and reflect at their memorials. (Karen Bleier/Getty images)

US National Park Service spokeswoman Carol B. Johnson speaks to reporters as the World War II Memorial is opened to military war veterans on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2013. The US Park Service opened the area to the veterans who are brought to Washington to visit and reflect at their memorials. (Karen Bleier/Getty images)

Park Ranger Tyler Mink, who has worked at Fort McHenry for 5 years, and volunteered at the Fort for 5 years before being hired, locks the gate after leaving Tuesday morning. Fort McHenry was closed today due to the government shutdown. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Park Ranger Tyler Mink, who has worked at Fort McHenry for 5 years, and volunteered at the Fort for 5 years before being hired, locks the gate after leaving Tuesday morning. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Runner Daniel Wik, of Federal Hill, usually includes Fort McHenry in his route once a week, but not today. Fort McHenry was closed today due to the government shutdown. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

The gates of the North Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge near Odenton are locked and closed on Tuesday morning. A sign reads, "Refuge closed due to lapse in funding." The Patuxent Research Refuge includes 13,000 acres of land in Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. It has 250,000 visitors per year, according to Jeffries Bolden, a park ranger who was among the government workers furloughed due to the federal government shut down. (Pamela Wood/Baltimore Sun)

Tourists find the doors to the Museum of American History closed due to the federal government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama declared the government had officially run out of money when the fiscal year expired at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

Jeanne Holler, Deputy Refuge Manager at the Minnesota Valley Wildlife Center hangs a "Closed" sign outside the center in Bloomington, Minnesota, early Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. President Barack Obama declared the government had officially run out of money when the fiscal year expired at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. (Elizabeth Flores/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)

The inside of the closed Smithsonian Air and Space Museum is seen in Washington October 1, 2013. The U.S. government partially shutdown for the first time in 17 years on Tuesday as a standoff between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans over healthcare reforms closed many government offices, museums and national parks and slowed everything from trade negotiations to medical research. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters photo)

Fernanda Wagstaff holds her hand out in disbelief as she reads a sign at the Air and Space Museum informing visitors that all Smithsonian museums are closed, in Washington October 1, 2013. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters photo)

A furloughed federal employee holds a sign on the steps to the U.S. Capitol after the U.S. Government shut down last night, on Capitol Hill in Washington October 1, 2013. The U.S. government began a partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, closing national parks and stalling medical research projects. (Larry Downing/Reuters photo)

A man views a sign warning that the Internal Revenue Service building is closed at their offices in New York October 1, 2013. The U.S. government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, closing national parks and stalling medical research projects. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters photo)

Speaker of the House John Boehner speaks to the media at 1:00 am with U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L) at his side after the House of Representatives voted to send their funding bill with delays to the "Obamacare" health care act into a conference with the Senate, prompting a shutdown of portions of the U.S. government in Washington. (Jim Bourg/Reuters photo)

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Representative Chris Van Hollen (L) (D-MD) and Steny Hoyer (R) (D-MD) speak after a late-night Senate vote rejected budget legislation from the Republican-controlled House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters photo)

US House Speaker John Boehner leaves the Capitol after speaking to the press at the US Capitol in Washington on October 1, 2013. The White House budget director late September 30, 2013 ordered federal agencies to begin closing down after Congress failed to pass a budget to avert a government shutdown. (Nicholas Kamm/Getty Images)

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (C) departs with an aide and his security detail after talks with the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives reached a final impasse during a late-night session at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 1, 2013. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters photo)

U.S. Park Service employee puts a closed sign in the window of the World War II Memorial ticket office on the National Mall October 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. National Park Service park facilities and grounds were closed and more than 21,000 of the service's employees were furloughed after Congress was unable to agree on a federal budget and shut down for the first time in 17 years. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A U.S. Park Police officer uses police tape to close the Lincoln Memorial, October 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. The National Mall and all monuments and large sections of the government will close due to government shut down after Congress failed to agree on spending. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Park Service workers erect a barrier around the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2013. The US government shut down Tuesday for the first time in 17 years after a gridlocked Congress failed to reach a federal budget deal amid bitter brinkmanship. (Jewel Samad/Getty images)

Tourists walk by a sign announcing that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to a US government shutdown in New York, October 1, 2013. Government institutions and national parks around the US were closed and thousands of employees were furloughed after Congress was unable to agree on a federal budget and shut down the government for the first time in 17 years. (Emmanuel Dunand/Getty images)

US Park Ranger Richard Trott places a closed sign on a barricade in front of the World War II monument in Washington, DC, October 1, 2013. (Jim Watson/Getty images)

U.S. Park Police close off the World War II Memorial in Washington October 1, 2013. The U.S. government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, closing national parks and stalling medical research projects. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters photo)

Abigail Welch, a member of the Family, Career and Community Leadership of America group, poses in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on day one of the government shutdown October 1, 2013. (Gary Cameron/Reuters photo)

The Jefferson Memorial is seen with its entry closed off in Washington October 1, 2013. The U.S. government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, closing national parks and stalling medical research projects. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters photo)

The Lincoln Memorial is sealed off from visitors in Washington, October 1, 2013. The U.S. government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, closing national parks and stalling medical research projects. (Jason Reed/Reuters photo)

A U.S. Capitol police officer refuses entry into the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, after the U.S. government shut down October 1, 2013. The U.S. government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, closing national parks and stalling medical research projects. (Larry Downing/Reuters photo)

A sign hangs on a fence at the ticket entrance to the Statue of Liberty, a U.S. National Park, due to the U.S. Government shutdown at the ferry dock to the Statue of Liberty in Battery Park in New York, October 1, 2013. (Mike Segar/Reuters photo)

A security barricade stops traffic on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 1, 2013. The U.S. government began a partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, closing national parks and stalling medical research projects. (/Jonathan Ernst/Reuters photo)

The Lincoln Memorial is sealed off from visitors in Washington October 1, 2013. The U.S. government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, closing national parks and stalling medical research projects. (Jason Reed/Reuters photo)

U.S. Capitol Police return to patrol after a brief meeting to discuss how to handle tourists turned away from the shuttered visitor's center at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 1, 2013. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters photo)

U.S. Capitol Police return to patrol after a brief meeting to discuss how to handle tourists turned away from the shuttered visitor's center at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 1, 2013. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters photo)

Letha Plecker, a member of the Family, Career and Community Leadership of America group, has her picture taken in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on day one of the government shutdown, October 1, 2013. (Gary Cameron/Reuters photo)

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