Government Shutdown

Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray From left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Budget Committee, speak to reporters after the Democratic-led Senate rejected conditions that House Republicans attached to a temporary spending bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. On the brink of a government shutdown, the Senate voted 54-46 on Monday to strip a one-year delay in President Barack Obama's health care law from the bill that would keep the government operating. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Budget Battle Just off the floor of the Senate, the hands on the famous Ohio Clock point to 12 midnight, the deadline for Congress to reach an agreement to fund the government, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday night, Sept. 30, 2013. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse, neither side backing down over Obamacare after House GOP conservatives linked the funding bill to obstructing President Obama's signature health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Budget Battle Journalists wait outside the office of Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, during the continuing budget battle on Capitol Hill on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 in Washington. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse as Congress continues to struggle over how to prevent a possible shutdown of the federal government when it runs out of money. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Budget Battle-Chicago Protest Government workers protest the possibility of a federal shutdown Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Chicago. Nearly 100 employees from federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development rallied in a downtown plaza on Monday. Thousands of workers could be furloughed if the shutdown materializes. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Budget Battle-Chicago Protest Government workers protest the possibility of a federal shutdown Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Chicago. Nearly 100 employees from federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development rallied in a downtown plaza on Monday. Thousands of workers could be furloughed if the shutdown materializes. Protesters held signs reading "Jobs Not Furloughs." (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
National Park Service House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, looks on as Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Washington. Congress was unable to reach a midnight deadline to keep the government funded, triggering the first government shutdown in more than 17 years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Mike Reynolds, Lisa Rys-Jones National Park Service regional director Mike Reynolds greets park service employees, including file clerk Lisa Rys-Jones, right, who returned to work after the 16-day federal shutdown, at the entrance to the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail building in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Federal workers returned to work after a 16-day shutdown. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Park Police With the Washington Monument in the distance, Park Service police officers stand on duty at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Barriers went down at National Park Service sites and thousands of furloughed federal workers began returning to work throughout the country Thursday after 16 days off the job because of the partial government shutdown.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
National Park Service National Park Service employee uses a blower to clean near the World War II Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Barriers went down at National Park Service sites and thousands of furloughed federal workers began returning to work throughout the country Thursday after 16 days off the job because of the partial government shutdown.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
National Park Service, World War II Memorial A worker cleans the fountain at the World War II Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Barriers went down at National Park Service sites and thousands of furloughed federal workers began returning to work throughout the country Thursday after 16 days off the job because of the partial government shutdown.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
National Park Service, World War II Memorial With the Lincoln Memorial in the distance, a worker cleans the fountain at the World War II Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Barriers went down at National Park Service sites and thousands of furloughed federal workers began returning to work throughout the country Thursday after 16 days off the job because of the partial government shutdown.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Shutdown Government Reopens Visitors line up for a tour at the Capitol Visitors Center on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 in Washington. After a 16 day shutdown the Capitol Visitors Center reopened, barriers went down at National Park Service sites, and thousands of furloughed federal workers began returning to work throughout the country. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
APTOPIX Shutdown Government Reopens Capitol Visitor Center tour guide Mary Ellen Anderson, of Alexandria, Va., calls over a group of visitors for the start of a tour on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 in Washington. After a 16 day shutdown the Capitol Visitors Center reopened, barriers went down at National Park Service sites, and thousands of furloughed federal workers began returning to work throughout the country. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Barack Obama An audience comprising of White House staff members, stands as President Barack Obama leaves the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, after he made a statement. Lawmakers Wednesday voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Shutdown Government Reopens Kaity Briscoe shares a laugh with U.S. Park Service Ranger V. Cutright as her husband Jordan Rousseau, center, looks on while waiting for the U.S.S. Constitution, the oldest ship in the United States Navy, to open in Boston, Thursday morning, Oct. 17, 2013. Federal memorials and National Park Service sites opened, and thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the country Thursday after 16 days off the job due to the partial government shutdown.(AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Shutdown Government Reopens Visitors at the U.S.S. Constitution, the oldest ship in the United States Navy, step onto the main deck in Boston, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Federal memorials and National Park Service sites opened, and thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the country Thursday after 16 days off the job due to the partial government shutdown.(AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Ed Mitchell,Dale Ditmanson Blount County Mayor Ed Mitchell, left, and Great Smokey Mountains Superintendent Dale Ditmanson great each other as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park reopens near Townsend, Tenn., on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The Tennessee state government and Sevier and Blount counties are paying over $300,000 for five days of operation costs for the park which has been closed due to the partial federal government shutdown. North Carolina is adding $75,000. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Paul Efird)
Joe Biden Vice President Joe Biden, right, greets Environmental Protection Agency workers as they return to work after 16 days of a government shutdown at the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the country Thursday after 16 days off the job due to the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Shutdown Government Reopens National Park Service workers remove barricades at the entrance to the Liberty Bell pavilion in Philadelphia Thursday Oct. 17, 2013. Barriers went down at federal memorials and National Park Service sites, and thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the country Thursday after 16 days off the job due to the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Shutdown Government Reopens A National Park Service worker removes a barricade and notice that block the entrance to the Liberty Bell pavilion in Philadelphia Thursday Oct. 17, 2013. Barriers went down at federal memorials and National Park Service sites, and thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the country Thursday after 16 days off the job due to the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
National Park Service National Park Service employees remove barricades from the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Barriers went down at National Park Service sites and thousands of furloughed federal workers began returning to work throughout the country Thursday after 16 days off the job because of the partial government shutdown.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
People exit a Metro subway station, by escalator, along Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Shutdown Government Reopens People exit a Metro subway station along Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. After 16 days of being off the job, thousands of furloughed federal workers are returning to work now that the government shutdown has been resolved. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Around D.C. barriers are coming down around federal buildings and monuments. (WTOP/Kristi King)
The U.S. Park Service now can collect trash and open restrooms at area memorials. (WTOP/Kristi King)
Shutdown Government Reopens A man shows his identification to a Justice Department Police Office as he enters the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. After 16 days of being off the job, thousands of furloughed federal workers are returning to work now that the government shutdown has been resolved. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Shutdown Government Reopens People pass a Washington Post newspaper box as they head to work near Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. After 16 days of being off the job, thousands of furloughed federal workers are returning to work now that the government shutdown has been resolved. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Shutdown Government Reopens People exit a Metro subway station along Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. After 16 days of being off the job, thousands of furloughed federal workers are returning to work now that the government shutdown has been resolved. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Denis McDonough White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, center, stands at the entrance to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building as he greets federal employees as they return to the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Lawmakers Wednesday voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Denis McDonough White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, center, greets federal employees at the entrance to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building as he they return to the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Lawmakers Wednesday voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Shutdown Government Reopens A man crosses Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in front of the Justice Department, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. After 16 days of being off the job, thousands of furloughed federal workers are returning to work now that the government shutdown has been resolved. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Shutdown Government Reopens People exit a Metro subway station along Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. After 16 days of being off the job, thousands of furloughed federal workers are returning to work now that the government shutdown has been resolved. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Shutdown Government Reopens Passengers fill up Washington Metro subway cars in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 as workers return to their jobs after a budget fight on Capitol Hill that resulted in a partial government shutdown is resolved. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters after voting on a measure to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, as Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listen. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Eric Cantor House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., walks to the chamber for the vote on a Senate-passed bill that would avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The end to the rancorous standoff between the Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican-controlled House was hastened by the imminent deadline to extend the debt ceiling to avoid a national default. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Budget Battle This image from House Television shows the final passage vote total of 285-144 in the House of Representatives on the bill to avoid a national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown in Washington, Wednesday night, Oct. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/House TV)
Mount Rainier Shutdown Abigail Johnstad, 18 of Elbe, adds a new message on the message board of the Mt. Rainier Railroad Dining Co. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013 as Mount Rainier National Park remained closed due to the partial government shutdown. Johnstad and mother Elisa Fruzzetti who owns and operates the vintage rail car restaurant say that small businesses like their's are the ones taking the hit during the government shutdown. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Dean J. Koepfler)
Shutdown-Logging This Sept. 20, 2006 file photo shows a helicopter ferrying logs to a landing on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in Oregon. Western timber companies have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to stop the suspension of logging on federal timber contracts due to the government shutdown. (AP Photo by Jeff Barnard)
Kathy Saile, Gary Cook, Jim Wallis, Carole Busroe With time growing desperately short for Congress to prevent a threatened Treasury default and stop a partial government shutdown, a group of ministers, the Circle of Protection, pray at dawn at the Capitol to draw attention to lawmakers that political divisiveness hurts the most vulnerable Americans, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. From right are Kathy Saile, Gary Cook, Rev. Jim Wallis, and Major Carole Busroe of the Salvation Army. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Peter DeFazio Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., holds up a copy of a photo of a closed Lincoln Memorial from the 1995 government shutdown during a joint hearing with the House Natural Resources Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The hearing was looking at who was to blame for the closure of national parks because of the current government shutdown. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
CORRECTION Consumer Price Index In this Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, photo, price tags hang on merchandise at T.J. Maxx in North Andover, Mass. The Consumer Price Index figures will not be released Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, due to the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Shutdown Tuition Reimbursement Cadets at Norwich University take notes during a drill on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 in Northfield, Vt. Norwich University is promising about $150,000 in scholarships for military students affected by the federal government shutdown. Officials at the college say 146 students will be able to continue their education despite the suspension of financial aid through the military tuition assistance program administered by the federal government.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
Jonathan Jarvis National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis waits to testify before a joint hearing with the House Natural Resources Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to look at the closure of national parks because of the government shutdown during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Ted Cruz Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters waiting outside a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans as news emerged that leaders reached a last-minute agreement to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Cruz said he would not try to block the agreement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Shutdown Smokies Reopen Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Dale Ditmanson greets visitors to the reopened Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Townsend, Tenn., on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The Tennessee state government and Sevier and Blount counties are paying over $300,000 for five days of operation costs for the park, which has been closed due to the partial federal government shutdown. North Carolina is adding $75,000. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Paul Efird)
Budget Battle A jogger on an early morning run passes the U.S Treasury Building in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, a day before the stalemate in Congress over the budget could cause the government to reach its borrowing limit. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Budget Battle A trolly loaded with pizza is wheeled onto the elevator that serves the office of House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Washington. The partial government shutdown is in its third week and less than two days before the Treasury Department says it will be unable to borrow and will rely on a cash cushion to pay the country's bills. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Budget Battle Reporters wait outside the office of Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, as a planned vote in the House of Representatives collapsed, Tuesday night, Oct. 15, 2013, at the Capitol in Washington. Time growing desperately short, House Republicans pushed for passage of legislation late Tuesday to prevent a threatened Treasury default, end a 15-day partial government shutdown and extricate divided government from its latest brush with a full political meltdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Pete Sessions House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, emerges from the office of Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, telling reporters that there will not be a evening budget vote, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, at the Capitol in Washington. Time growing desperately short, House Republicans pushed for passage of legislation late Tuesday to prevent a threatened Treasury default, end a 15-day partial government shutdown and extricate divided government from its latest brush with a full political meltdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Digits In this Oct. 14, 2013, photo, the U.S. Capitol is seen as a partial government shutdown enters its third week, in Washington. As talks between Republican and Democratic leaders lumber on in Washington, the American public sees an economic crisis looming if Congress is unable to raise the country’s debt ceiling. But the people seem just as conflicted on the issue as their elected representatives. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
James Kane James Kane of Red Lodge, Mont., a WWII veteran, walks through the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, in Washington. The memorial, along with many others, have been closed due to the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE STEAKHOUSE SUMMIT Outback Steakhouse extends invitation to the nation's leaders to resolve the government shutdown over a steak dinner, making things just right, without any political rules. A table is reserved at the Arlington, Va. Outback location. (PRNewsFoto/Outback Steakhouse)
Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., is surrounded by reporters after leaving the office of Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., on Capitol Hill on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 in Washington. Reid reported progress Monday towards a deal to avoid a threatened default and end a two-week partial government shutdown as President Barack Obama called congressional leaders to the White House to press for an end to the impasse. "We're getting closer," he told reporters. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Barack Obama President Barack Obama stops by a table of grade school aged volunteers making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as he visits Martha's Table, which assists the poor and where furloughed federal employees are volunteering, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. Speaking there Obama said that if Republicans can't resolve the standoff over the debt ceiling and the partial government shutdown, quote, "we stand a good chance of defaulting." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Budget Battle Steps lead up to the Senate at the Capitol as a partial government shutdown enters its third week, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. Congress is at an impasse as Senate Democratic and Republican leaders remained at odds over spending in their last-ditch negotiations to end the crises gripping the nation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Mike Brenner In this Oct. 3, 2013 photo, Mike Brenner, owner of Brenner Brewing in Milwaukee, stands in front of what he hopes to be his brewery. The federal government shutdown could leave America's craft brewers with a serious hangover. Stores will still offer plenty of suds. But the shutdown has closed an obscure agency that quietly approves new breweries, recipes and labels, which could create huge delays throughout the rapidly growing craft industry, whose customers expect a constant supply of inventive and seasonal beers. Brenner is trying to open a craft brewery in Milwaukee by December. His application to include a tasting room is now on hold, as are his plans to file paperwork for four labels over the next few weeks. He expects to lose about $8,000 for every month his opening is delayed. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
Dylan Maz In this Oct. 3, 2013 photo, Dylan Maz pours beer during a tour on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013 at Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee. The federal government shutdown could leave America's craft brewers with a serious hangover. Stores will still offer plenty of suds. But the shutdown has closed an obscure agency that quietly approves new breweries, recipes and labels, which could create huge delays throughout the rapidly growing craft industry, whose customers expect a constant supply of inventive and seasonal beers. Brewery officials are frustrated that some of their new labels and a new recipe might be held up with the federal government shutdown. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approves new breweries, recipes and labels.(AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
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David Wineland This Oct. 9, 2012 file photo shows Nobel Laureate David Wineland, an American physicist at the National Institute of Standards in Boulder, Colo., who shares the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics with Serge Haroche of France, speaking at a news conference in Boulder, Colo. Wineland has been told to stop research because of the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)
Ted Cruz Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks with reporters following a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. President Barack Obama is making plans to talk with Republican lawmakers at the White House in the coming days as pressure builds on both sides to resolve their deadlock over the federal debt limit and the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Shutdown Campground A camping party is told that the park will be closed Thursday at noon for the rest of the year, Wednesday Oct. 9, 2013 at the the Dolly Copp campground in Gorham, N.H.. The privately run campground in New Hampshire's White Mountains National Forest was forced to close ahead of the lucrative Columbus Day weekend because of the federal government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Shutdown Everglades In this aerial photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, boats gather to protest the closure of Everglades National Park waters Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, near Islamorada, Fla. About a third of the 2,380-square-mile park encompasses Florida Bay and it has been closed to Florida Keys guides and recreational fishermen since Oct. 1 due to the Washington budget impasse. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)
Shutdown Everglades In this aerial photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, participants aboard a portion of the 100 boats protesting the closure of Everglades National Park waters is seen Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, near Islamorada, Fla. About a third of the 2,380-square-mile park encompasses Florida Bay and it has been closed to Florida Keys guides and recreational fishermen since Oct. 1 due to the Washington budget impasse. Guides have lost business and are insisting that federal officials do something to let them back in. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)
Harry Reid, Charles Schumer, Tim Kaine, Mark Warner From left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and others stand on the Senate steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, during a news conference on the ongoing budget battle. President Barack Obama was making plans to talk with Republican lawmakers at the White House in the coming days as pressure builds on both sides to resolve their deadlock over the federal debt limit and the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Karen Morris Protestors demonstrate against the government shutdown outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in Atlanta. About two dozen people protested outside the CDC on Tuesday afternoon, trying to cast a harsh spotlight on the temporary federal shutdown. The small group called on Congress to vote on a measure that would restart federal funding. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Andrea Bentley Andrea Bentley, with the American Federation of Government Employees, protests the government shutdown outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in Atlanta. About two dozen people protested outside the CDC on Tuesday afternoon, trying to cast a harsh spotlight on the temporary federal shutdown. The small group called on Congress to vote on a measure that would restart federal funding. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
US Shutdown Food Safety A bird sits on a street sign marking the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in Atlanta. The government shutdown has slowed or halted federal efforts to protect Americans' health and safety, from probes into the cause of transportation and workplace accidents to tracking the flu. The latest example: investigating an outbreak of salmonella in chicken that has sickened people in 18 states. The CDC has recalled some of its furloughed staff to deal with the salmonella outbreak, which has sickened more than 270 people and was announced by the Agriculture Department late Monday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Ahmed Alaawaj, Juan Riaz Ahmed Alaawaj, of Libya, gets his photo taken by Juan Riaz, of Colombia, at the Grand Canyon National Park entrance, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in Tusayan, Ariz. The friends traveled from Las Vegas to see the Grand Canyon, not knowing it was shut down. The Grand Canyon remains closed to visitors because of the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Shutdown Grand Canyon Government shutdown protesters walk to the Grand Canyon National Park entrance, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in Tusayan, Ariz. The Grand Canyon remains closed to visitors because of the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Bob Corker With the government shutdown entering its second week with no end in sight, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., center is questioned by reporters as he walks to join fellow Republicans at a weekly policy luncheon in the Senate, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Jim Sensenbrenner, Lynn A. Westmoreland Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., left, and Rep. Lynn A. Westmoreland, R-Ga., right, and other lawmakers, walk to a closed-door Republican strategy session as the partial government shutdown enters its second week with no end in sight, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at the Capitol in Washington. The current standoff is the latest in a string of clashes over the past three years between President Barack Obama and a House Republican majority that has steered to the right with the rise of the tea party. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Shutdown Grand Canyon Volunteer David Cole, left, hands Richard Contreras a box of donated food, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in Tusayan, Ariz. Hundreds of boxes of food have been delivered to Grand Canyon National Park and a gateway community by St. Mary's Food Bank in Phoenix to help out government and concession workers who have been furloughed from their jobs because of a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle)
Rick Hohensee FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, photo Rick Hohensee of Washington holds a "Fire Congress" sign near the House steps on Capitol Hill in Washington. A new poll says Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown. The Associated Press-GfK survey finds plenty of disdain to go around as people size up the federal impasse. Most now disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling his job. And Congress' approval rating is a perilous 5 percent. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Shutdown Brewery Blues In this Oct. 3, 2013 photo, Mark Paprocki, left, and Dylan Maz pour beer during a tour at Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee. The federal government shutdown could leave America’s craft brewers with a serious hangover. Stores will still offer plenty of suds. But the shutdown has closed an obscure agency that quietly approves new breweries, recipes and labels, which could create huge delays throughout the rapidly growing craft industry, whose customers expect a constant supply of inventive and seasonal beers. Brewery officials are frustrated that some of their new labels and a new recipe might be held up with the federal government shutdown. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approves new breweries, recipes and labels. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
Andrea Bentley In this Oct. 8, 2013, photo, Andrea Bentley, with the American Federation of Government Employees, protests the government shutdown outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. A new poll says Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown. The Associated Press-GfK survey finds plenty of disdain to go around as people size up the federal impasse. Most now disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling his job. And Congress’ approval rating is a perilous 5 percent. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Barack Obama President Barack Obama speaks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. The president said he told House Speaker John Boehner he's willing to negotiate with Republicans on their priorities, but not under the threat of "economic chaos." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
John Boehner House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks about the ongoing budget battle, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama stepped up pressure Tuesday on Boehner to hold votes to reopen the federal government and prevent a potentially disastrous U.S. government default. Obama spoke to reporters at the White House a few hours after calling Boehner and urging him to drop demands that the votes be tied to Republican demands for dismantling Obama's health care law and cutting federal spending. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The mayor's office tweeted this image of D.C. Public Works crews removing trash from federal parks Friday. Mayor Gray authorized city workers to take over trash removal duties while National Park Service workers are furloughed. (Courtesy @MayorVinceGray)
Budget Battle Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, as the budget battle continued. President Barack Obama decided to stay home from economic summits in Asia as Democrats stepped up pressure on congressional Republicans to rein in their tea party faction and reopen the government with no strings attached. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Budget Battle A protestor holds a sign calling on House Speaker John Boehner to pass a clean continuing budget resolution during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees blaming House Republicans on the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Rick Hohensee Rick Hohensee of Washington, right, gestures as he watches a demonstration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees rally against House Republicans on the budget battle. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Steny Hoyer, Rosa DeLauro, Barbara Lee, Bernard Sanders, Sheila Jackson Lee House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md., center, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees blaming House Republicans on the government shutdown. From left are, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Hoyer, Rep. Bernard Sanders and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Greg Cummings Tea Party supporter Greg Cummings of Cincinnati, Ohio, watches a rally with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees against House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. Cummings attended the rally to blame Senate Democrats for the government shutdown. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Debbie Stabenow Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., leads a tour group of students from St. Patrick School of White Lake, Mich., in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Congressional staffers and interns usually lead constituent tours, but due to the federal government shutdown members of Congress have begun to lead tour groups from their home states. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Christopher Malloy FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 file photo, Trader Christopher Malloy works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Financial markets remained fixated Thursday on developments in Washington as the partial shutdown of the U.S. government entered its third day and showed few signs of being resolved soon. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
AP10ThingsToSee Budget Battle Visitors to Independence National Historical Park are reflected in the window of the closed building housing the Liberty Bell, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
John Boozman Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., leads a tour in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington,Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Congressional staffers and interns usually lead constituent tours, but due to the federal government shutdown members of Congress have begun to lead tour groups from their home states. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Barack Obama President Barack Obama speaks about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction, which specializes in asphalt manufacturing, concrete paving, and roadway reconstruction, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Rockville, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Mary Landrieu, Jeanne Shaheen, Heidi Heitkamp Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., center, accompanied by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., left, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., right, and others, gestures during a news conference with small business owners about the impact the government shutdown is having on their business, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Obama Budget Battle Supporters of President Barack Obama, one holding a sign saying "Rough Week?" cheer as his motorcade drives to an event where he spoke about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction, which specializes in asphalt manufacturing, concrete paving, and roadway reconstruction, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Rockville, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Felicia Evans Long Felicia Evans Long, a program analyst at the National Institutes of Health who is currently furloughed due to the partial federal government shutdown, stands outside her home in Rockville, Md., Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Outside of her job at the NIH, Long devotes her time to running a candy store in her hometown of Lumberton, N.C. The shutdown has forced Long to look for creative ways to keep her employees paid and her store open as it approaches its first year in business , she has applied to temp agencies and even returned recently purchased, never-worn shoes in order to put the refund toward business expenses. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Felicia Evans Long Sixty-three percent of all U.S. credit and debit cardholders who use coupons say they most frequently get them from newspapers, mailings or print them from the Internet, according to a CreditCards.com survey of 1,000 American adults. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Felicia Evans Long Felicia Evans Long, a program analyst at the National Institutes of Health who is currently furloughed due to the partial federal government shutdown, prepares to mail two pairs of shoes she recently purchased in Gaithersburg, Md., Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in order to receive a refund and put the money toward other expenses. Outside of her NIH position, Long devotes her time to running a candy store in her hometown of Lumberton, N.C. Long's furlough has forced her to look for creative ways to keep her employees paid and her store open as it approaches its first year in business. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pauses outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Obama and congressional leaders met at the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Barack Obama President Barack Obama speaks about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to to M. Luis Construction, which specializes in asphalt manufacturing, concrete paving, and roadway reconstruction, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Rockville, Md. President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are mocking Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. for saying Republicans should get something from the budget standoff — but he doesn't know what that is. . (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Budget Battle Minnesota Federal workers and members of AFGE hold signs on the 34th Avenue overpass of Highway 62, to draw attention to how federal workers will be affected by the government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Minneapolis. Many employees classified as nonessential have been idled by the partial federal government shutdown that began early Tuesday. It's not clear how many of the estimated 18,000 federal employees in the state have been sidelined, and it's anyone's guess how long the shutdown will last. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
Budget Battle Minnesota Federal workers and members of AFGE hold signs on the 34th Avenue overpass of Highway 62, to draw attention to how federal workers will be affected by the government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Minneapolis. Many employees classified as nonessential have been idled by the partial federal government shutdown that began early Tuesday. It's not clear how many of the estimated 18,000 federal employees in the state have been sidelined, and it's anyone's guess how long the shutdown will last. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
Budget Battle A tour operator uses a megaphone to announce that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to a government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in New York. The shutdown, the first since the winter of 1995-96, closed national parks across the nation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Nancey Pelosi, Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, speaks to members of the media after meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House as a partial government shutdown entered a second day with little sign of a breakthrough to get hundreds of thousands of people back to work. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Nancy Pelosi House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to members of the media after a meeting with President Barack Obama, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 in Washington. Obama and congressional leaders met at the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pauses outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Obama and congressional leaders met at the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
John Boehner House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters following a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Obama and congressional leaders met at the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Nancey Pelosi, Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, speaks to members of the media after meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House as a partial government shutdown entered a second day with little sign of a breakthrough to get hundreds of thousands of people back to work. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
John Boehner House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to members of the media after meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Obama and congressional leaders met at the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, speak to reporters following a meeting with President Barack Obama and the Republican leadership at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Obama and congressional leaders met at the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Joann Johnson; Evelyn Martin Joann Johnson, center, with the LSU School of Nursing, checks the blood pressure of Evelyn Martin, left, as Barbara Gusman watches at the Pontchartrain Park Community Center in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. The Center, which is operated by the New Orleans Council on Aging, is one of many government agencies which will be effected by the 2013 U. S. Government shutdown. Meal programs, also provided by the New Orleans Council on Aging, will be in jeopardy if the shutdown stretches beyond the middle of this month. (AP Photo/Sean Gardner)
Budget Battle Army college soccer players run during practice at the U.S. Military Academy on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. Army is scheduled to host Boston University in an NCAA soccer game Saturday night, but that may be canceled due to the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Budget Battle Around the Country In this Oct. 1, 2013 photo, Ian Foss, 25, of Michigan, right, looks up at the Gateway Arch on with Matt Latham, 20, a Saint Louis University student, in St. Louis. It was Foss' first trip to the Arch grounds and the two said that they didn't realize that it was closed because of the government shutdown. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes)
Nancy Pelosi, Steve Israel As Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., speaks at left, House Democrats rally behind Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, as they tell the Republican majority they want a vote on reopening the government without clamping any restrictions on President Barack Obama's health care law, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. House Republican leaders have refused to allow their chamber to vote on that plan. They have approved legislation that would reopen government, but only with a one-year delay in the health care law's requirement that individuals purchase health insurance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Budget Battle Texas Marjorie Steakley, left, and other supporters of Obama Care hold signs as they demonstrate on the sidewalk along the Hwy. 75 service road in front of the Social Security Administration building Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tonty Gutierrez)
Barbara Samuels Barbara Samuels, 86, joins dozens others to protest against the government shutdown outside the federal building in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown that has furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and closed military cemeteries as far away as France. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Vicki Maturo Vicki Maturo, of Culver City, Calif., chants during a protest against the government shutdown outside the federal building in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown that has furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and closed military cemeteries as far away as France. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Budget Battle Chicago Protesters gather at the Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, where the Social Security Administration Office is located, to voice against the government shutdown Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Chicago. President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown that has furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers.(AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Louis Gohmert, Jesse Cook Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, left, shakes hands with 97-year-old Army World War II veteran Jesse Cook as he arrives to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Cook came to Washington on an honor flight from Kansas City, Mo. It was an act of civil disobedience that marked the fact some barriers nor a government shutdown would keep a group of World War II veterans from visiting the monument erected in their honor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Eric Cantor, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, James Lankford, Steven Palazzo, Mike Kelly House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor of Va., gestures during a news conference about the ongoing budget battle, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., Cantor, Rep. Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., and Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa. President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown that has furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and closed military cemeteries as far away as France. Republican and Democratic leaders agreed to meet Wednesday afternoon but showed no signs of yielding.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Protestors rally in support of Head Start near the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. The government shutdown has also hurt Head Start programs, keeping low-income children home instead of in school. (WTOP/John Aaron)
Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., speaks at a rally to protest the government shutdown's impact on Head Start, keeping thousands of low-income children home instead of in school, near the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. (WTOP/John Aaron)
Budget Battle Texas Susan Cooper, left, of Richardson, Texas, sits along side her husband, Jack, 93, and a Word War II veteran, as they demonstrate with nearly 40 others against the government shutdown, in front of the Social Security Administration building Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Budget Battle A furloughed federal worker, who did not wish to be identified, holds out a sign to passing traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown that has furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and closed military cemeteries as far away as France. Republican leaders welcomed the Wednesday afternoon meeting but questioned whether Democrats were ready to deal. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Lloyd Blanflein, Brian Moynihan Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein, left, and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, right, walk away from the microphones after speaking to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, after they and other financial leaders met with President Barack Obama regarding the debt ceiling and the economy.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Michael Corbat Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat walks down the sidewalk outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, after he and other financial leaders met with President Barack Obama regarding the debt ceiling and the economy.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Jay Hooley, Gerald L. Hassell BNY Mellon Chairman and CEO Gerald L. Hassell, left, and Sate Street Corporation President and CEO Jay Hooley, right, walk together on the sidewalk outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, after they and other financial leaders met with President Barack Obama regarding the debt ceiling and the economy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
James P. Gorman Morgan Stanley Chairman James P. Gorman leaves the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, after he and other financial leaders met with President Barack Obama regarding the debt ceiling and the economy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Inside the Smithsonian Natural History Museum at mid-day. (Provided by Richard Efthim )
Eugene Morgan, Jeff Morgan Jeff Morgan, left, and his father World War II Marine veteran Eugene Morgan, both of Collierville, Tenn., arrive to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. It was an act of civil disobedience that marked the fact some barriers nor a government shutdown would keep a group of World War II veterans from visiting the monument erected in their honor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Eugene Morgan, Jeff Morgan Jeff Morgan, left, takes a photograph of his father World War II Marine veteran Eugene Morgan, both of Collierville, Tenn., as they visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. It was an act of civil disobedience that marked the fact some barriers nor a government shutdown would keep a group of World War II veterans from visiting the monument erected in their honor. The Lincoln Memorial is at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Jack Poitras World War II Army veteran Jack Poitras of Barnhart, Mo., plays Taps as a group of Missouri veterans visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. The group came to Washington on an honor flight despite the shutdown of the federal government. It was an act of civil disobedience that marked the fact some barriers nor a government shutdown would keep a group of World War II veterans from visiting the monument erected in their honor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Budget Battle Missouri Regina Whittington, right, of Little Rock, Ark., takes a picture of the Gateway Arch as her friend Diana Fuller, of Noble, Okla., looks up Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in St. Louis. As the government shutdown entered day two, it continued to inconvenience people like Whittington and Fuller who were disappointed they couldn't go up in the the Arch. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Budget Battle Veterans Memorial World War II veterans from the Chicago area pose for a group photo while visiting the World War II Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. This group of veterans came to Washington for the day just to see the memorial. It was an act of civil disobedience that marked the fact some barriers nor a government shutdown would keep a group of World War II veterans from visiting the monument erected in their honor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Budget Battle Veterans Memorial World War II veterans from the Chicago area salute as the colors are presented at the World War II Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. This group of veterans came to Washington for the day just to see the memorial. It was an act of civil disobedience that marked the fact some barriers nor a government shutdown would keep a group of World War II veterans from visiting the monument erected in their honor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Norman Ring, Tom Loy World War II veteran Norman Ring of Greenwood, Mo., is pushed by Tom Loy as they visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Nicholas came to Washington on an honor flight despite the shutdown of the federal government. It was an act of civil disobedience that marked the fact some barriers nor a government shutdown would keep a group of World War II veterans from visiting the monument erected in their honor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Budget Battle Veterans Memorial Pedestrians walk past a barricade preventing them from entering the World War II Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Dozens of veterans barricaded outside the closed World War II Memorial because of the government shutdown were escorted past the barriers Tuesday by members of Congress so they could see the monument. The Washington Monument is in the background. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Edie Williams Edie Williams of Columbia Md., holds her sign for passing traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, to protest the partial shutdown of the government. President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown that has furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and closed military cemeteries as far away as France. Republican leaders welcomed the Wednesday afternoon meeting but questioned whether Democrats were ready to deal. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Budget Battle A "closed" sign is seen through the locked iron gate of the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown that has furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and closed military cemeteries as far away as France. Republican leaders welcomed the Wednesday afternoon meeting but questioned whether Democrats were ready to deal. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Budget Battle Pennsylvania David Schogel demonstrates with others in support of the 2010 federal health care law and calling on an end to the government shutdown outside of a Department Of Veterans Affairs regional administrative center Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Philadelphia. The protest was arranged by Organizing For Action. Lawmakers in both parties ominously suggested the partial shutdown might last for weeks. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Budget Battle-Virginia An empty parking lot with empty shopping carts is seen at the U.S. Army Garrison Ft. Lee Commissary in Petersburg, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. The Commissary shut down Wednesday after selling most of it's perishable supplies on Tuesday. Some 800,000 federal workers deemed nonessential were staying home again Wednesday in the first partial shutdown since the winter of 1995-96. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Budget Battle-Military Bases A lone worker passes by the entrance at the U.S. Army Garrison Ft. Lee in Petersburg, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Some 800,000 federal workers deemed nonessential were staying home again Wednesday in the first partial shutdown since the winter of 1995-96. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Budget Battle Virginia A portrait of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson oversees the empty reception area for the Garrison Commander at the U.S. Army Garrison Ft. Lee in Petersburg, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. The are is normally teaming with activity. Some 800,000 federal workers deemed nonessential were staying home again Wednesday in the first partial shutdown since the winter of 1995-96. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Budget Battle-Military Bases Chairs and cubicles are empty at the U.S. Army Garrison Ft. Lee Management Services budget office in Petersburg, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Some 800,000 federal workers deemed nonessential were staying home again Wednesday in the first partial government shutdown since the winter of 1995-96. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
For the second day in the row barriers at the World War II memorial are removed to allow Honor Flight veterans access. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
Budget Battle Tennessee Maintenance staff member Tony Rinks, right, explains to Steve Pearson from Michigan that Shiloh National Millitary Park will be closed due to the government shutdown Tuesday, October 1, 2013 in Shiloh, Tenn . Pearson said that he has been studying the battle at Shiloh in preparation for his visit to the park where most of the Rangers and maintenance staff will be furloughed. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)
Budget Battle Barricades are posted in front of the closed Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. The political stare-down on Capitol Hill shows no signs of easing, leaving federal government functions _ from informational websites, to national parks, to processing veterans' claims _ in limbo from coast to coast. Lawmakers in both parties ominously suggested the partial shutdown might last for weeks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Budget Battle Tennessee Shiloh National Park Superintendent John Bundy checks on the progress of closure preparations at Shiloh National Military Park Tuesday, October 1, 2013 in Shiloh, Tenn. where most of the Rangers and maintenance staff will be furloughed due to the government shutdown. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)
Budget Battle Washington Tourism People take pictures in front of the steps of the closed Lincoln Memorial, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Washington. The museums that draw millions of visitors to the National Mall closed their doors Tuesday, memorials were barricaded and trash will go uncollected in the nation's most-visited national park due to the first government shutdown in 17 years. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Budget Battle Tennessee Maintenance staff members Tony Rinks, from left, Randy Martin and Anthony Simmons post a sign at the entrance to Shiloh National Military Park Tuesday, October 1, 2013 in Shiloh, Tenn. explaining the park's closure due to the government shutdown Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)
Budget Battle Tennessee Ranger Dean Paulk posts a closure sign in the window of the visitors center at Shiloh National Millitary Park Tuesday, October 1, 2013 in Shiloh, Tenn. Paulk an enforcement officer, is considered necessary to the security of the park and will stay on duty through the shutdown, most of the Rangers and maintenance staff at Shiloh will be furloughed. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)
Budget Battle Washington Tourism Law enforcement officers stand at right as the Lincoln Memorial, and most of the federal government, is closed Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Washington. The museums that draw millions of visitors to the National Mall closed their doors Tuesday, memorials were barricaded and trash will go uncollected in the nation's most-visited national park due to the first government shutdown in 17 years. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Budget Battle The sun rises behind the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. The political stare-down on Capitol Hill shows no signs of easing, leaving federal government functions _ from informational websites, to national parks, to processing veterans' claims _ in limbo from coast to coast. Lawmakers in both parties ominously suggested the partial shutdown might last for weeks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Budget Battle Military Bases A statue of "Iron Mike" in honor of Airborne Troopers is seen outside the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Fayetteville, N.C. A study estimates 37 percent of all business is Fayetteville is military-related, leaving a lot of uncertainty with mandatory budget cuts and the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
Josh Clemons, Peter Zahrt United States Park Rangers Josh Clemons, left, and Peter Zahrt close a trail at Mammoth Cave National Park, Ky. Tuesday, Oct., 1, 2013. National Parks across the country are closed due to the federal government shutdown. (AP Photo/The Daily News, Alex Slitz)
A group protests the government shutdown outside the U.S. Capitol Tuesday night and calls for Congress to be fired. (WTOP/Michelle Basche)
Budget Battle Capitol Normally filled with visitors and tourists, the empty Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, after officials suspended all organized tours of the Capitol and the Capitol Visitors Center as part of the government shutdown. A statue of President Gerald R. Ford at center is illuminated amid large paintings illustrating the history of the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
A small group gathered at the West Front of the Capitol to hold up these glow-in-the-dark letters. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
Marcus Thomas, Evan Palelei, Wave Ryder In this Sept. 7, 2013, file photo, from left, Navy's Marcus Thomas (26), Evan Palelei (58) and Wave Ryder (8) head onto the field at the start of an NCAA college football game against Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. The Defense Department said Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, that it has temporarily suspended all sports competitions at the service academies as a result of the partial government shutdown. The decision jeopardizes this weekend's football games , Air Force at Navy and Army at Boston College. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)
Chris Swain Navy fullback Chris Swain (37) rushes into the Indiana defense during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, in Bloomington, Ind. Navy defeated IU 41-35. The Defense Department said Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, that it has temporarily suspended all sports competitions at the service academies as a result of the partial government shutdown. The decision jeopardizes this weekend's football games, Air Force at Navy and Army at Boston College.(AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)
Budget Battle New Mexico U.S. Post Office letter carrier Jacob Ribald peeks into the window of the Bureau of Land Management office on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Las Cruces, N.M. "I have a lot of mail for them," said Ribald, "at least I tried, right?" The door is locked and a sign is posted saying that the site is closed because of the government shutdown. (AP Photo/The Las Cruces Sun-News, Robin Zielinski )
Budget Battle Shutdown Michigan In this photo taken Oct. 1, 2013, Jennifer Li, left, and David Zorn of Los Angeles prepare a hurried breakfast at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore near Empire, Mich. They were ordered to leave as the park that was closing because of the partial federal government shutdown. (AP Photo/John Flesher)
Budge Battle Commissaries Shoppers walk towards the Fort Lee Commissary on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Fort Lee, Va. Commissaries around the United States were open on Tuesday, but will close Oct. 2, due to the government shutdown. (AP Photo/The Progress-Index, Patrick Kane)
Budge Battle Commissaries Robert Cordell bags food at the Fort Lee Commissary on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Fort Lee, Va. Commissaries around the United States were open on Tuesday, but will close Oct. 2, due to the government shutdown. (AP Photo/The Progress-Index, Patrick Kane)
Budget Battle Commissaries Dean Rudman, 24, a sales store checker at the commissary on base at Naval Station Norfolk, takes a break on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Norfolk, Va. Military commissaries in the United States were open Tuesday to get rid of fresh produce, they will close Oct. 2, due to the government shutdown. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Rich-Joseph Facun)
Budget Battle Capitol Normally filled with visitors and tourists, the empty Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, after officials suspended all organized tours of the Capitol and the Capitol Visitors Center as part of the government shutdown. A statue of President Gerald R. Ford at center is illuminated amid large paintings illustrating the history of the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Budget Battle Oklahoma A copy of page one of the notice sent to Oklahoma National Guard federal employees slated for furlough, is pictured in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
James R. Baxter II Oklahoma National Guard human resource specialist Major James R Baxter II calls up the notice he was tasked to send to federal employees slated for furlough, in his office in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Budget Battle Minnesota A man peers through a window as people came and went from the Social Security Administration Card Center building after being turned away for certain services due to the partial government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Minneapolis. Many employees classified as nonessential have been idled by the partial federal government shutdown that began early Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)
Obama Budget Battle The White House in Washington is seen at night, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. President Obama is ramping up pressure on Republicans to avoid a post-midnight government shutdown, saying a shutdown would hurt the economy and hundreds of thousands of government workers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Resa Mestel Resa Mestel, of New York, reacts after finding the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, N.C., closed due to the government shutdown Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. In the wake of a partial shutdown of the U.S. government, the National Park Service began closing down parks and other facilities until federal funding is restored.(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
A U.S. Coast Guard boat goes by Alcatraz Island on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in San Francisco. Alcatraz Island, which is part of the U.S. National Parks Service, is closed to visitors due to government shutdown. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Budget Battle Minnesota Federal workers and members of AFGE hold signs on the 34th Avenue overpass of Highway 62, to draw attention to how federal workers will be affected by the government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Minneapolis. Many employees classified as nonessential have been idled by the partial federal government shutdown that began early Tuesday. It's not clear how many of the estimated 18,000 federal employees in the state have been sidelined, and it's anyone's guess how long the shutdown will last. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe)
Budget Battle Minnesota Federal workers and members of AFGE hold signs on the 34th Avenue overpass of Highway 62, to draw attention to how federal workers will be affected by the government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Minneapolis. Many employees classified as nonessential have been idled by the partial federal government shutdown that began early Tuesday. It's not clear how many of the estimated 18,000 federal employees in the state have been sidelined, and it's anyone's guess how long the shutdown will last. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe)
Budget Battle Ohio Workers take a break outside the John Weld Peck Federal Building, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Cincinnati. The impact of the partial federal government shutdown began rippling across Ohio on Tuesday, with a national military museum and national park closing and thousands of federal employees going on furlough. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Jennifer Dove Jennifer Dove, left, caters to patrons of her hot dog stand, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, outside the John Weld Peck Federal Building in Cincinnati. The impact of the partial federal government shutdown began rippling across Ohio on Tuesday, with a national military museum and national park closing and thousands of federal employees going on furlough. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Budget Battle Pennsylvania A furloughed federal employee marches in front of a shuttered Independence Hall at Independence National Historical Park Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Budget Battle A barrier blocks the path along the Tidal Basin in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, that leads to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial which is closed. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Budget Battle Pennsylvania Visitors to Independence National Historical Park stand in line in view of Independence Hall to look through a window of the closed building housing the Liberty Bell, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Budget Battle Pennsylvania Park Rangers erect barricades as a visitor is turned away from a section of Independence National Historical Park Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Budget Battle Pennsylvania Furloughed federal employes march in front of a shuttered Independence Hall at Independence National Historical Park Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Budget Battle Pennsylvania Park Rangers erect barricades as tourists at Independence National Historical Park look on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Budget Battle Pennsylvania Park Rangers erect barricades in view of a shuttered Independence Hall at Independence National Historical Park Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Budget Battle Pennsylvania Park Rangers erect barricades in view of a shuttered Independence Hall at Independence National Historical Park Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Johnson Space Center Cars pass by NASA's Johnson Space Center Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Houston. Most of the space center's employees are now on furlough because of the partial government shutdown. Those working to support the international space station continue to work. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Budget Battle Massachusetts Visitors to Faneuil Hall, the nation's oldest public meeting hall, photograph a hand-written sign informing them that restrooms are closed as a result of the partial government shutdown in Boston, Mass., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. A long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Budget Battle Massachusetts A hand-written sign informs visitors to Faneuil Hall, the nation's oldest public meeting hall, that restrooms are closed as a result of the partial government shutdown in Boston, Mass., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. A long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Budget Battle Georgia Superintendent Judy Forte sent most of her 28 employees home from the At the King Historic Site in Atlanta, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. One of the immediate local impacts from the overnight partial shutdown of the federal government will be the shuttering of National Park Service facilities in metro Atlanta, including the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park and the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Spink)
Budget Battle Georgia The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta is closed Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. One of the immediate local impacts from the overnight partial shutdown of the federal government will be the shuttering of National Park Service facilities in metro Atlanta, including the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park and the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Spink)
Puerto Rico Budget Battle Alicia Houtrouw of California turns and leaves the entrance of the San Felipe del Morro castle after being told by park rangers the castle was closed due to the U.S. government shutdown, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Some 10,000 federal employees work on the island, which saw the closure on Tuesday of the castle in San Juan, along with other major destinations including Puerto Rico's popular El Yunque, the only tropical rain forest in the U.S. National Forest system. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
Zach Twedt, Robert Olson Korean War veteran Robert Olson, from Iowa, is pushed in his wheelchair by Zach Twedt, also from Iowa, around the National World War II Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Veterans who had traveled from across the country were allowed to visit the National World War II Memorial after it had been officially closed because of the partial government shutdown. After their visit, the National World War II Memorial was closed again. The Lincoln Memorial is seen in the distance. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Frederick Jenkins Korean War veteran Frederick Jenkins, from Iowa, third from left, poses for a photograph at National World War II Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Veterans who had traveled from across the country were allowed to visit the National World War II Memorial after it had been officially closed because of the partial government shutdown. After their visit, the National World War II Memorial was closed again. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Donna Curry Lake Mead National Recreation Area park maintenance worker Donna Curry tapes up a sign notifying visitors that the restroom facility at a picnic area is closed, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, near Boulder City, Nev. A partial government shutdown, caused by a budget impasse in Congress, has forced the closure of public sites including the nation's national parks. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Donna Curry Lake Mead National Recreation Area park maintenance worker Donna Curry tapes up a sign notifying visitors that the picnic facility is closed, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, near Boulder City, Nev. A partial government shutdown, caused by a budget impasse in Congress, has forced the closure of public sites including the nation's national parks. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
George Bloss World War II Veteran George Bloss, from Gulfport, Miss., looks out over the National World War II Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Veterans who had traveled from across the country were allowed to visit the National World War II Memorial after it had been officially closed because of the partial government shutdown. After their visit, National World War II Memorial was closed again. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Barack Obama, Kathleen Sebelius President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and people who support the Affordable Care Act, his signature health care law, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law forced about 800,000 federal workers off the job, suspending all but essential services. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Mark Weekley Mark Weekley, superintendent at the National Park Service's Lewis and Clark National Historical Trail, affixes the edges of a sign proclaiming the facility closed due to the federal government shutdown, in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Budget Battle Arkansas Visitors walk from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., after being informed that the building is closed Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 because of the government shutdown. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday, forcing some 800,000 federal workers off the job. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
Budget Battle Ohio Darlene Tinsley, left, secretary/treasurer for the American Federation of Government Employees, leads protesters of the government shutdown in front of the Anthony J. Celebreezze Federal Building Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday, forcing some 800,000 federal workers off the job as a protracted dispute over President Barack Obama's signature health care law reached the boiling point. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Budget Battle Georgia A national Parks Service ranger who chose not to be identified posts a sign on the doors of historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta notifying visitors that the church is closed because of the government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Will Jones, Miguel Miranda National Zoological Park Police Officer Will Jones directs visitor Miguel Miranda and his family of Mexico at the entrance of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, as the zoo is closed due to the government shutdown. Miranda was advised to turn around. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Budget Battle Iowa Park Ranger Scott Rolfes shuts a gate while closing a road over the dam at Saylorville Lake, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Saylorville, Iowa. About 800,000 federal workers are being forced off the job in the first government shutdown in 17 years, suspending most nonessential federal programs and services.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Budget Battle Iowa Park Ranger Scott Rolfes locks a gate closing a road over the dam at Saylorville Lake, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Saylorville, Iowa. About 800,000 federal workers are being forced off the job in the first government shutdown in 17 years, suspending most nonessential federal programs and services.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
France US Government Shutdown A notice advising visitors in English and French that the American Cemetery is closed due to the partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government hangs from the gates of the cemetery in Suresnes, west of Paris, Tuesday Oct. 1, 2013. The U.S. plunged into a partial government shutdown for the first time in nearly two decades because of a budget impasse in Congress, closing public sites in the U.S. and abroad. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Erick Raits Eric Raits, a worker at the Shark Valley area of the Everglades National Park, Fla., and his wife, Katy Dimos-Raits, tell the few visitors that the park may be closed at any time, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, because of the partial government shutdown. The couple will not get a pay check until the budget battle is solved. The partial government shutdown that began Tuesday left many federal workers uncertain of their financial future, with many facing unpaid furloughs or delays in paychecks. A midnight deadline to avert the shutdown passed amid congressional bickering, leaving Americans unable to get government services ranging from federally backed home loans to supplemental food assistance for children and pregnant women.(AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
Christine MacKarvich Park Ranger Christine MacKarvich mans the Shark Valley entrance booth in Everglades National Park, early Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. She was told to report to work but had been warned that a call from the park service would shut the park down. The partial government shutdown that began Tuesday left many federal workers uncertain of their financial future, with many facing unpaid furloughs or delays in paychecks. A midnight deadline to avert the shutdown passed amid congressional bickering, leaving Americans unable to get government services ranging from federally backed home loans to supplemental food assistance for children and pregnant women.(AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
Fay Wagstaff, Fernanda Wagstaff Fay Wagstaff, right, and her mother Fernanda Wagstaff of El Paso, Texas., sit outside the closed Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Belgium US Government Shutdown FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003 file photo, a stone for American WW1 soldier Theodore Brabender from New York who died on Armistice day in 1918 is lit by the late afternoon sun at the Flanders Field American Cemetery in Waregem, Belgium. The cemetery will be temporarily closed due to the government shutdown in America. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
Budget Battle Workers make repairs to a ticket booth, used for tours to the Statue of Liberty, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in New York. The statue, like other national parks, is closed due to a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Budget Battle A commuter ferry passes the Statue of Liberty, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in New York. The statue, like other national parks, is closed due to a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Budget Battle Employees of a Statue of Liberty tour operator collect shade umbrellas, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in New York. The statue, like other national parks, is closed due to a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Budget Battle Tourists who had hoped to visit the Statue of Liberty stand near the dock used by Liberty Island ferries, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in New York. A government shutdown, the first since the winter of 1995-96, closed national parks across the nation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Budget Battle A sign explaining the closing of the Library of Congress is posted outside the Library of Congress in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Budget Battle Ohio John Carano, 65, walks on a trail at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Valley View, Ohio. The impacts of the federal shutdown began rippling across Ohio on Tuesday morning, with a national military museum and national park closing and thousands of federal employees going on furlough. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Muriel Guglielmo Muriel Guglielmo, center, gestures while talking with an unidentified Statue of Liberty tour operator, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in New York. Guglielmo, of Grospierres, France, was surprised to discover that the statue was closed due to a government shutdown. "What about tomorrow?" she asked. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Budget Battle A sign posted on a door at Castle Clinton National Monument reads, "Because of the federal government shutdown, this National Park Service facility is closed," Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in New York. "Closed" signs and barricades sprang up at the Lincoln Memorial, and national parks and federal workplaces across the country were following suit. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
APTOPIX Budget Battle People walk near Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Budget Battle Karl Engdahl of Walnut Creek Calf., is seen reflected in the closed entrance to the Liberty Bell at Independence National Historical Park, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Tomoko Ida, Jin Onuki, Tomoya Osada Tourist Tomoko Ida, right, of Tokyo, covers her mouth when she hears that the Statue of Liberty is closed, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in New York. Traveling with her are Jin Onuki, left, and Tomoya Osada. The shutdown, the first since the winter of 1995-96, closed national parks across the nation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
APTOPIX Budget Battle A park ranger, who declined to give his name, reads a sign announcing the closing of the Statue of Liberty, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in New York. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law forced about 800,000 federal workers off the job, suspending all but essential services. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Budget Battle A National Park Service employee exits the courtyard of Independence Hall in view of a posted sign saying the facility is shut down at Independence National Historical Park Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Budget Battle Visitors to Independence National Historical Park look through a window of the closed building housing the Liberty Bell, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
APTOPIX Budget Battle Visitors to Independence National Historical Park are reflected in the window of the closed building housing the Liberty Bell, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Budget Battle A tour operator uses a megaphone to announce that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to a government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in New York. The shutdown, the first since the winter of 1995-96, closed national parks across the nation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Budget Battle A National Park Service employee posts a sign reading "Because of the Federal Government SHUTDOWN All National Parks are Closed" on a barricade closing access to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Budget Battle A US Park Police officer ties police tape to a hand rail closing access to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Budget Battle A US Park Police officer ties police tape to a hand rail closing access to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Budget Battle A US Park Police officer watches at left as a National Park Service employee posts a sign on a barricade closing access to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
All National Parks are closed on Tuesday because of a government shutdown. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
The Lincoln Memorial and all other National Parks are closed on Tuesday because of the government shutdown. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
Barricades are set up at the Lincoln Memorial Tuesday morning because of the government shutdown. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
Budget Battle A jogger takes advantage of the empty steps at the Smithsonian's National Gallery of Art in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, past a sign saying the museum is closed. All of the Smithsonian museums are closed as a result of a budget impasse on Capitol Hill that has shut down many part of the government. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Budget Battle The U.S. Capital is seen behind an area closed for restoration sign on the National Mall in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. The National Parks Service will begin to close many of the nation's national parks after Congress locked in a battle over the Affordable Health Care Act failed to pass a budget resulting in the shuttering of many of the government's operations. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Barricades are ready to go up Tuesday morning at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial because of a government shutdown. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
Budget Battle The Capital is mirrored in the Capital Reflecting Pool on Capitol Hill in Washington early Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Obama Budget Battle A Uniformed Division Secret Service officer is seen inside the entrance to the West Wing of the White House at dawn in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Budget Battle The Ohio Clock outside the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill shows the time of 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Washington. Congress was unable to reach a midnight deadline to keep the government funded, triggering the first government shutdown in more than 17 years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Budget Battle A National Park Service employee posts a sign on a barricade to close access to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, James Clyburn, Xavier Becerra, Steve Israel, Chris Van Hollen Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., center, with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, urge House Republicans to return to negotiations to fund the government, during a news conference just before midnight at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government staggered into a partial shutdown Monday at midnight after congressional Republicans stubbornly demanded changes in the nation's health care law as the price for essential federal funding and President Barack Obama and Democrats adamantly refused. Joining Van Hollen and Pelosi are, from left, Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, and House Democratic leaders arrive to speak to reporters just before midnight at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government staggered into a partial shutdown Monday at midnight after congressional Republicans stubbornly demanded changes in the nation's health care law as the price for essential federal funding and President Barack Obama and Democrats adamantly refused. At right is Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Barack Obama President Barack Obama walks towards the podium in the James Brady Briefing room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. Obama is ramping up pressure on Republicans to avoid a post-midnight government shutdown. He says a shutdown would hurt the economy and hundreds of thousands of government workers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
John Boehner Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, third from left, walks toward the exit to leave the Capitol building on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Washington. Congress was unable to reach a midnight deadline to keep the government funded, triggering the first government shutdown in more than 17 years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Eric Cantor, John Boehner House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, looks on as Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, turns to leave a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Washington. Congress was unable to reach a midnight deadline to keep the government funded, triggering the first government shutdown in more than 17 years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
John Boehner Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, with House GOP leaders, speaks briefly to reporters, just after 1am, Tuesday morning, Oct. 1, 2013. For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government staggered into a partial shutdown Monday at midnight after congressional Republicans stubbornly demanded changes in the nation's health care law as the price for essential federal funding and President Barack Obama and Democrats adamantly refused. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Eric Cantor, John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, and House Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., rear center, look on as Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Washington. Congress was unable to reach a midnight deadline to keep the government funded, triggering the first government shutdown in more than 17 years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Chuck Hagel U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gestures while speaking to the traveling press about the U.S. government shutdown, at his hotel in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
Chuck Hagel U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to the traveling press about the U.S. government shutdown, at his hotel in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
Budget Battle Janette Dunder of Alexandria, Va., protests outside the Capitol building as Congress continues the budget battle Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Washington. President Barack Obama ramped up pressure on Republicans Monday to avoid a post-midnight government shutdown, saying that failure to pass a short-term spending measure to keep agencies operating would "throw a wrench into the gears" of a recovering economy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray Pointing to a countdown clock, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is joined by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., as they speak to reporters after the Democratic-led Senate rejected conditions that House Republicans attached to a temporary spending bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. On the brink of a government shutdown, the Senate voted 54-46 on Monday to strip a one-year delay in President Barack Obama's health care law from the bill that would keep the government operating. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray From left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters after the Democratic-led Senate rejected conditions that House Republicans attached to a temporary spending bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. On the brink of a government shutdown, the Senate voted 54-46 on Monday to strip a one-year delay in President Barack Obama's health care law from the bill that would keep the government operating. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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