Shutdown Divides Services Into Essential and Non-Essential

[McFurd]

US News and World Report - 1/20/2018 - Richard Lardner (AP) - Symbols of American promise have turned into emblems of American dysfunction amid a dispute in Congress over spending and immigration that has forced scores of federal agencies and outposts to close their doors. The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island have turned away visitors in New York, due to what the National Park Service described as "a lapse in appropriations," a bureaucratic term for a lack of money. In Philadelphia, crowds of tourists have been told that Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed, and the Liberty Bell are closed. Read more @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/ar ... -essential