21.   One was designed to avert federal shutdowns if Congress and the White House are unable to agree on annual budgets.

22.   Revisions in the October and November figures were delayed by the partial federal shutdown.

23.   Researching funds tagged for California are being held up by the federal shutdown.

24.   Technical trading dominated in the absence of reports by the government, which were postponed because of the partial federal shutdown.

25.   That measure ended a second partial federal shutdown in as many months.

26.   The canyon was closed for four days in November during a previous federal shutdown.

27.   The amendment banning federal shutdowns would keep government going at the current levels.

28.   The bureaucrats were preparing the federal shutdown.

29.   The federal shutdown delayed the release of the new orders, contracts and orders, and unfilled orders data, excluding these components from the November index.

30.   The existing funding measure, which expires midnight Friday, was enacted two months ago, ending the second partial federal shutdown in as many months.