Sentence examples for shutdown first from inspiring English sources

Almost all say they are driven to run — ostensibly, at least — by disgust over the shutdown, first espoused by Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, and embraced by Tea Party Republicans in the House and, eventually, most others as well.

On November 15 and 17, during the shutdown's first phase, the President engaged in his first sexual trysts with a 22-year-old White House intern named Monica Lewinsky.

His fellow Democrats, who control the Assembly, oppose the increase.When the state legislature missed its budget deadline for the third time in five years, Mr Corzine ordered a government shutdown, a first for New Jersey.

News of the shutdown was first reported by the trade magazine Folio.

The delay is just one of hundreds stemming from the partial federal shutdown, the first in nearly two decades.

The Democrats want the Republicans to end the shutdown — the first in 17 years — with a spending bill that has no strings attached.

Outside the Beltway and Wall Street, G.O.P. donors appear to be in good spirits despite the government shutdown, the first work stoppage of its kind since January of 1996.

The shutdown, the first in the history of the commonwealth, occurred despite last-minute efforts by members of the Legislature and Gov. Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá to agree on a bailout plan.

The shutdown was first spotted by ZDNet.

The shutdown was first spotted by Slashgear, which pointed to new help documentation on Amazon's website.

Meanwhile, ratings firm Standard & Poor's said on Wednesday that the partial US government shutdown, the first in 17 years, had already shaved $24bn from the American economy and would cut growth significantly in the fourth quarter.