Question

2. Referencing the article (webquest link), when the government first shut down, what were

lawmakers having trouble reaching an agreement about?

Answer 1

The first shutdown took place on 23 November 1981, lasting for a day and placing 241,000 federal employees into furlough, after Reagan vetoed a proposed appropriation bill that contained a reduced set of spending cuts than he had proposed for select government departments.

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