Tourists walk by a sign announcing that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to a US government shutdown in New York, October 1, 2013. Government...
Bridget Broussard-Guidry, right, and Beth LeBlanc express their disappointment for the congress' inability to end the federal government shutdown...
Oct 7: United States Capitol Hill policemen stand guard in an empty Capitol Visitors Center on the 7th day of the government shutdown on October 7,...
Park Ranger places a closed sign inside an information booth at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall October 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. The US...
Closure sign is posted on the national mall near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, October 3 as seen during the third day of the federal government...
Closure sign is posted on the national mall near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, October 3 as seen during the third day of the federal government...
Closure sign is seen at the enterance of the Lincoln Memorial on the second day of the federal government shutdown on October 2, 2013 in Washingon,...
People look at a sign informing them that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to the government shutdown in Battery Park on October 1, 2013 in New...
Sign shows that the World War II Memorial is closed during a government shutdown is hung at its entrance October 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. The...
Park Service workers fence off the closed Lincoln Monument in Washington, DC, October 1 as the first US Federal government shutdown since 1995...
Attorney Heidi Burakiewicz speaks about a lawsuit against the federal government brought by federal workers who were deemed essential during the...
Sen. Mark Warner , Sen. Amy Klobuchar , Sen. Robert Casey and Sen. Ben Cardin hold a news conference to outline the economic damages caused by the...
Lonely supporter of US President Barack Obama displays a placard in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 8 urging for the end of...
Retired school teacher Audrey Davis participates in a protest and prayer vigil held to call for an end to the federal government shutdown on October...
Sunrise at the U.S. Capitol as the federal government shut down goes in to its fifth day on October 5, 2013 in Washington, DC. The House will vote...
Federal workers demonstrate against the government shutdown in front of the US Capitol in Washington on October 4, 2013. The US government shut down...
Closure sign is posted on the national mall near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, October 3 as seen during the third day of the federal government...
Closure sign is seen at the enterance of the Lincoln Memorial on the second day of the federal government shutdown on October 2, 2013 in Washingon,...
Park Rangers stand at the closed gate to Joshua Tree National Park, in Joshua Tree, California on October 2 the second day of the US government...
Capitol Police Officer walks past a statue of Gerald Ford, who was US president during the 1976 shutdown of the federal government, in the Rotunda...
Sign is posted in the window of an IRS office in Brooklyn notifying that the office is closed due to the government shutdown on October 1, 2013 in...
Park Ranger Richard Trott places a closed sign on a barricade in fron tof the World War II monument in Washington, DC, October 1 due to a US...
Stop sign is seen at dusk next to the US Congress building on the eve of a possible government shutdown as Congress battles out the budget in...
The US Capitol in Washington is seen on September 30, 2013 as a possible government shutdown looms. The United States stumbled to within hours of a...
Sen. Ben Cardin , Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Robert Casey hold a news conference to outline the economic damages caused by the federal shutdown at...
On the first weekend after the end to the government shutdown, a man stretches while walking down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with the...
Visitors to the Everglades National Park enjoy the views after it reopened to visitors today, following a 16-day closure stemming from the partial...
President Barack Obama speaks about the reopening of government following a shutdown in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC,...
President Barack Obama leaves after speaking about the reopening of government following a shutdown in the State Dining Room of the White House in...
Speaker of the House John Boehner walks with an entourage through Statuary Hall for a vote in the House of Representatives to end the government...
Protester holds a sign during a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2013 demanding an end to the US federal...
Barricade prevents access to the World World II Memorial as the partial government shutdown enters day six on October 6, 2013 in Washington, DC. AFP...
An information booth remains closed in the Angeles National Forest on October 2, 2013 in the San Gabriel Mountains, northeast of Los Angeles,...
Sign on the front doors of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum explains that it is shut down on October 2, 2013 in Yorba Linda,...
Closed sign hangs on the door of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum as a man outside approaches its locked front doors on October 2,...
Man peers through the locked front doors of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on October 2, 2013 in Yorba Linda, California. The...
Gardner trims flowers along a fence near the Presidential helicopter used by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford on the closed grounds of the...
Man peers through the locked front doors of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on October 2, 2013 in Yorba Linda, California. The...
Richard Trott of the National Park Service puts up a sign announcing the closure of the Lincoln Memorial due to the government shutdown on Tuesday...
Employees of the Smithsonian Museum sit outside the museum behind a sign announcing the closing of museum due to the government shutdown on 1 October...
People look at a sign informing them that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to the government shutdown in Battery Park on October 1, 2013 in New...
Sign explains that only exempted employees could remain at work at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013....
Tourists walk by a sign announcing that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to an US government shutdown in New York, October 1, 2013. Government...
Sign announces that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to an US government shutdown in New York, October 1, 2013. Government institutions and...
People look at a sign for informing that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to the government shutdown in Battery Park on October 1, 2013 in New...
Park Police officer walks passes a sign announcing the closure of the Lincoln Memorial due to a partial government shut down in Washington, D.C.,...
The White House is seen at dusk on the eve of a possible government shutdown as Congress battles out the budget in Washington, DC, September 30,...
View of a hall on Capitol Hill September 29, 2013 in Washington, DC. House Republicans gathered to criticize the Senate for remaining out of session...
Visitors gather at the World War II Memorial on Saturday, January 20 in Washington, DC. The memorial is open during this federal government shutdown,...
Visitors gather at the World War II Memorial on Saturday, January 20 in Washington, DC. The memorial is open during this federal government shutdown,...
Mayor Vincent C. Gray holds a press conference after meeting with elected representatives of metropolitan Washingtons four largest jurisdictions. The...
Jogger runs past the National Archives building in Washington, DC. With the government shutdown, the District has become a ghost town.
Jogger runs past the National Archives building in Washington, DC. With the government shutdown, the District has become a ghost town.
October 1 : Tourists gather on Pennsylvania Ave. To view the White House. The first government shutdown in 17 years took hold Tuesday, thousands of...
October 1 : Tourists gather on Pennsylvania Ave. To view the White House. The first government shutdown in 17 years took hold Tuesday, thousands of...
October 2 : The Potomac Riverboat Co. Cruise boat Admiral Tilp during a trip from Alexandria to Georgetown passing the national monuments. They...
The White House- Washington DC President Barack Obama responds to the Federal government shutdown . He invited a sample of citizens to the Rose...
The White House- Washington DC President Barack Obama responds to the Federal government shutdown . He invited a sample of citizens to the Rose...
The White House- Washington DC President Barack Obama responds to the Federal government shutdown . He invited a sample of citizens to the Rose...