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Signs continuing resolution to end federal government shutdown

President Clinton signed a short-term continuing resolution on January 6, 1996, reopening federal agencies and ending the multiweek government shutdown that had begun in December 1995.

Signs continuing resolution to end federal government shutdown

The action ended a high-profile budget standoff between the White House and the Republican Congress, restored federal services and pay, and shaped the political narrative heading into the 1996 election cycle.

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