List of United States federal funding gaps
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Since 1976, when the
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was revised by the Budget Act of 1974 the
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has had funding gaps on 22 occasions. Funding gaps did not lead to
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prior to 1980, when
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requested opinions from
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on funding gaps and the
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. Civiletti's first opinion said that all government work must stop if
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did not agree to pay for it. He later issued a second opinion that allowed essential government services to continue in the absence of a spending bill. Ten of the funding gaps led to federal government employees being furloughed.


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A Timeline of U.S. Government shutowns
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