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In a recent high-profile case, a Canadian teen-ager was apprehended in a major hacking incident that forced the shutdown of U.S. commercial Web sites.
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Gingrich had the advantage until, during a press conference, he suggested he had forced the shutdown because Clinton had ignored him during a flight from Israel.
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Democratic officials said privately it would be too risky a battle to try to undo the sequester on that funding bill, fearing that Democrats would be blamed if a fight forced a government shutdown.
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In 1996, when President Clinton vetoed a set of fiscal reforms from the Newt Gingrich-led Republican Congress, the resultant government shutdown forced Republicans into a free-spending crouch for the remainder of their time in the majority.
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After originally announcing that taxpayers were entitled to a refund for tickets purchased before the shutdown (July 23) but used during the shutdown, the IRS was forced to backtrack.
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"The president and leaders agreed legislation should be enacted this month to prevent a government shutdown while we continue to work on a solution to replace the" forced spending cuts, said a statement by Boehner's office.
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Obama indicated he would sign a funding bill to avert a possible government shutdown on March 27 as long as it adhered to past funding agreements, even if that included the forced spending cuts.
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