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Timeline: Government shutdown history

Federal News Network Staff

September 30, 2013 11:24 am

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1789: Balance of powers The framers of the Constitution gave Congress control over spending as a way to limit the power of the presidency. The government can only spend money "in consequence of appropriations made by law," or in other words, after Congress says so and with the president's signature.

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