17 oct. 1986 - 1986 United States federal government shutdown

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The third United States federal government shutdown during the Regan administration occurred on the afternoon of October 17th, 1986, in which 500,000 federal employees were furloughed. Reagan initially threatened to veto a continuing resolution and begin a government shutdown that would have begun on October 12th, 1986, in order to pressure Congress to agree on a full-year omnibus appropriations bill more quickly. However, he relented and signed it that day due to progress in a compromise regarding the bill's arms control provisions. The bill had to be sent to Reykjavík in Iceland for Reagan to sign, as he was there for a meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

However, after that continuing resolution expired, a shutdown occurred. All government agencies were affected by this shutdown. It ended after Congress passed the omnibus appropriations bill later that day. Economists estimated that this shutdown cost the U.S. government $62 million in lost work.

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