WATCH: Obama’s Speech From The 2013 Shutdown Drops A NUKE On The Schumer Shutdown

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Then-President Barack Obama had stern words after the Republican minority in the Senate shut down the government for 16 days in 2013 over funding for Obamacare.

“You don’t like a particular policy or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election. Push to change it. But don’t break it,” Obama said in remarks Oct. 17, 2013, after Congress reached a deal to reopen the government. “Don’t break what our predecessors spent over two centuries building. That’s not being faithful to what this country’s about.”

“Now, there’s been a lot of discussion lately of the politics of this shutdown,” Obama said. “But let’s be clear. There are no winners here. These last few weeks have inflicted completely unnecessary damage on our economy.” – READ MORE

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The U.S. government shut down Saturday after Democrats and Republicans could not come together on an agreement over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Democrats came out and aggressively pinned the blame on President Donald Trump and the GOP, while the Republicans claimed the opposite.

During the shutdown, members of Congress will continue to get paid while members of the military and some first responders will not.

That didn’t stop House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) from inviting House Democrats to dinner Saturday night. The group went to dinner at Acqua Al 2, a restaurant on Capitol Hill. – READ MORE

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When the government began its shutdown Friday, people on both sides of the political aisle tossed blame at one another.

The impact the shutdown has on government services is far-reaching. The suspension of federal funding makes things especially difficult for our men and women in uniform.

According to Pew Research, there were 1.3 million active dutymembers of the U.S. military in 2016, and in August, the Pentagon announced there were 11,000 troops serving in Afghanistan.

If Congress fails to pass a provision for the military and the shutdown extends through Feb. 1, it will have a devastating impact on military pay. But as it turns out, services to our troops are already being cut.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shared a picture she received from an infantryman in Afghanistan, driving home the point about just how much a shutdown impacts those abroad. – READ MORE

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