1. The US government shutdown from October 1-16, 2013 due to a budget impasse between Democrats and Republicans over funding for the Affordable Care Act.
2. The shutdown had negative economic impacts through lost productivity and federal employee furloughs, as well as impacts on national security and America's international reputation.
3. Congress passed a bill to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling on October 16th. The shutdown demonstrated the need to avoid future governance by crisis and find more compromise between parties.
10. THE FIGHT
20 Sept: House of Representatives passed
Continuing Appropriations Resolution
27: the Senate stripped
29: the House reinstated
30: the Senate declined
No compromise
bill
12. IMPACT OF US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
Economics
National security
Politics
13. ECONOMICS
the shutdown reduced fourth
quarter GDP growth by 0.6 %.
Federal employees were
furloughed for a combined total of
6.6 million work days
14. December 1995 January
1996
Time
The total number of
employee furlough days
Reason
2013
21-day
16- day
4.3 million
6.6 million
7 appropriations bills were
enacted
no agencies had received
15. ECONOMICS
The total compensation costs are about $2.5
billion
about $650 million for the Nov 1995 shutdown
about $1 billion for the Dec 1995 Jan1996 shutdown.
850,000 employees per day was furloughed 40% of the entire civilian Federal workforce.
20. POLITICS
Wall Street Journa magazine:
60% American want to
replace members of
Congress in the next election
44% American blamed for
Republican Party
21. POLITICS
German election ended successfully, and
support to reform Europes economy
The new reforms in China that establish
a free trade zone in Shanghai
Image of a separated
and weak America
23. 1. US GOVERNMENT REOPENS
Vote for Bill
the Senate: 81 votes to 18
22pm, 16/10 the House: 285 votes to 144
Signs the a bill => ends the 16-day partial
government shutdown raises the debt ceiling
24. OBAMAS STATEMENT:
"begin to lift this
cloud of uncertainty
and unease from
our businesses and
from the American
people".
"We need to get out
of the habit of
governing by
crisis,"
25. THE BILL:
Open the US government
Raise debt ceiling & extends U.S borrowing
authority into February, 2014
avoid the potentially devastating
consequences to the global economy from a
default on the U.S. debt.
26. FEDERAL AGENCIES REOPEN AND FEDERAL
WORKERS SHOULD EXPECT TO RETURN TO WORK
THURSDAY MORNING, 17/10
29. LESSON
How to operate the economy of its
ability:
* Main reason:
- budget not enough to operate
- deadline for raise the debt ceiling
- is near
=> Let the grass grow under ones
feet
- Joe Hockey Head of Aus
Treasury
30. LESSON
Just dismiss ego for agreement
- direct reason:
the Republican Party >< President Barack
Obama