Sentence examples for protracted shutdown from inspiring English sources

Entergy plans to own Indian Point through a corporate subsidiary that has limited assets, and is thus less able than traditional utilities to weather a protracted shutdown.

"Let me just say unequivocally that all the effects are negative, " Mr. Shinseki said of a protracted shutdown.

Earlier this month, South Sudan resumed oil production after a protracted shutdown that had hobbled its economy.The venture involves Romanian, Sudanese, and Israeli partners.

There is a growing sense within the White House that a protracted shutdown will produce a cascade of unanticipated effects that could eventually damage the president politically.

But while the move means the country will avoid another protracted shutdown, legal specialists warned that the long-term costs to American democracy could be steep.

The "vast majority" of the other 300, including waiters, kitchen workers, bartenders and others, are unlikely to come back because of the protracted shutdown of the cafe, the bar, the rotunda and other areas, Mr. Kuenstle said.

The IMF warned that a "protracted" government shutdown would be a sharp drag on U.S. growth.

"That Minnesota would have a protracted government shutdown — I never thought that was possible," said Lawrence Jacobs, a political scientist here.

Federal law prohibits strikes, public servants care about their work and other reasons airports and prisons aren't in chaos, despite a protracted federal shutdown.

A protracted government shutdown or a default on sovereign debt could be disastrous — for the economy and for the party that controls the White House and both chambers of Congress.

Rojas remains miffed at the steak, but he says he's most concerned with the effects of a protracted government shutdown on employees who work in an already-dangerous job.