Sentence examples for to a shutdown from inspiring English sources

A year ago, that campaign nearly led to a shutdown of the federal government.

The legislative standoff nearly led to a shutdown of the federal government.

The legislative standoff nearly led to a shutdown of the federal government..

Revis grabbed five interceptions last year, rising from a solid N.F.L. cornerback to a shutdown one.

With the government hurtling closer to a shutdown, the Republicans' resolve has seemed only to irritate Mr. Reid more.

President George Bush had his own fight with Congress over discretionary spending, which led to a shutdown in 1990.

A similar fight in 1995 led to a shutdown of the government, and played disastrously for Newt Gingrich's Republicans.

Democrats — and some Republicans — worried that the shift to the debt-ceiling fight is leaving the government heading to a shutdown on Tuesday with no resolution in sight.

Nearly 40 percent of the agency's employees remain on the job, according to a shutdown plan published on the agency's Web site.

As the government inched closer to a shutdown, some House Republicans began expressing frustration at what they viewed as magical thinking from some of their colleagues.

Immediately after independence, a pipeline dispute with the Sudanese government in Khartoum led to a shutdown in oil production, eating into the new South Sudan's reserves.