1. I ground my teeth through the second shutdown. 2. Nearly three weeks into the second partial shutdown of the government, federal workers in the Bay Area gathered to demonstrate their frustration and impatience with the budget stalemate. 3. Republicans in Congress walked out of balanced-budget negotiations with White House officials, increasing the likelihood of a second partial shutdown of the federal government. 4. She came to town Saturday, just as the federal government began its second shutdown this year. 5. That measure ended a second partial federal shutdown in as many months. 6. The second shutdown hurt even more. 7. The second shutdown in two months. 8. The second shutdown, begun last Saturday after budget-balancing talks collapsed, undercut expectations that an agreement would be reached quickly. 9. This is the second shutdown in two months. 10. It was the second shutdown at the Lusaka campus in six months. |