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.

• April 1st

• Kenya

• October 1st

• Japan

• July 1st

• United States

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

• Department of Defense

• Social Security

• Veterans Affairs

• NASA

• Health and Human Services

• Department of Commerce

• Department of Transportation

• Treasury

• Navy

• Department of Justice

• Army

• Homeland Security

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.