Many of the temporary funding measures expired without resolution on the broader budget, resulting in a government shutdown and nearly a million federal employees out of work.
But there are what I -- the point I want to make very clearly is that we believe we can work together with Congress to avoid a shutdown because we all agree that a shutdown would be disruptive to the economy, affect our capacity to grow and create jobs.
Clinton and the Republicans in Congress recently have avoided a "legislative train wreck, " including a budget deadlock and partial government shutdown, but some Republicans are still concerned about whether they can work with congressional Democrats and the White House to pass important legislation this year.
The government in West Bengal state had earlier warned workers not to skip work during the strike and the state has remained largely unaffected by the shutdown.