Why the US Government is Always Shutting Down?

Every government in the world decides how to spend the country’s money. In the US, they do that by passing spending bills called _____ ____.

Match the following countries with the month that their fiscal or financial year begins.

• July 1st

• Kenya

• April 1st

• United States

• October 1st

• Japan

In the late 1800s Congress passed the _____________ Act tells federal officials that they can't spend money without an appropriation.

In the early ​ (a)   the ​ (b)   issued two opinions that stated, "unless ​ (c)   has passed an appropriations bill, federal agencies can’t spend any ​ (d)   .

• 1980s
• 1970s
• attorney general
• Speaker of the House
• Congress
• the president
• money

Which of the following years was the longest shutdown in history?

• 1996

• 2013

• 2019

• 2022

Organize these federal agencies into the right categories. Timestamp: 3:43.

Groups:

(a) Agencies that Shutdown in 1996

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(b) Agencies that Did Not Shutdown in 1996

• Health and Human Services

• Department of Justice

• Department of Defense

• Army

• NASA

• Homeland Security

• Veterans Affairs

• Social Security

• Department of Commerce

• Navy

• Department of Transportation

• Treasury

In ​ (a)   , around ​ (b)   federal employees  didn’t get a paycheck for ​ (c)   days.

• 2019
• 2022
• 2013
• 800,000
• 8,000
• 35
• 16

Business contractors did not get paid during the shutdown even if the company worked on a project with the government.

• True

• False

Only __ percent of all federal employees live in Washington D.C.

• 10%

• 15%

• 30%

• 80%

Overall, the US economy lost $11 _______ during the 2019 shutdown.