4 oct 1984 año - 1984 United States federal government shutdown

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The second United States federal government shutdown during the Regan administration occurred on the afternoon of October 4th, 1984, after Reagan mounted opposition towards a water projects package and a civil rights measure that would have reversed the Supreme Court decision Grove City College v. Bell. Another point of contention was a ban on funding for covert operations in Nicaragua proposed by Senator Daniel Inouye.

500,000 federal employees were placed on furlough for the afternoon. The shutdown covered nine of the 13 appropriations bills. Bills had already been passed for the Legislative and Judicial Branches; the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and Housing and Urban Development; and independent agencies, so these were not subject to the shutdown.

Congress removed the water projects, civil rights, and covert operations measures of the appropriations bill, ending the shutdown. Economists estimated that the short period cost taxpayers an estimated $65 million in back pay. This was the first shutdown where Congress approved legislation providing back pay to federal employees.

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