9. Gerald Ford’s Shutdown Of 1976
Referred to as the HEWdown government shutdown, which started on September 30th of 1976. The President of the United States was General Ford, and the Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate. Similar to one of Jimmy Carter’s government shutdowns, the HEWdown happened because President Ford vetoed a bill that he felt did not spend the government’s money adequately. The proposal focused on funding for the Department of Labor and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Resolving the government shutdown of 1976 started the day after the closure went into effect. On October 1st, Congress overrode the veto President Ford placed on the bill. This meant that the spending on the bill would take effect. However, this would not happen immediately. In fact, it would take a total of ten days for the government shutdown to officially end as it wasn’t until October 11th that a resolution resolved the funding gaps within the bill.