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klm
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Sep 24, 2013

Possible gov shutdown - anyone changing plans?

We are in Maine, near Acadia for the next 3 weeks. I have read that if congress doesn't pass the budget by 9/30, the National Parks will close. Whatever happens in DC, it will be last minute. Is anyo...
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Bumpyroad
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Sep 24, 2013
n7bsn wrote:


This last happened it in the winter of 95-96, for a total of 28 days. Interestingly, those personal that were furloughed got back pay, so they got an additional 4 weeks of "vacation" (I was in a non-regular budgeted job and I worked through the shutdown)



saw something in the paper today that there would not be back pay for furloughed non-essentials.
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