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Related: About this forumBush Library and Museum could close if federal government shuts down
The Bush library on SMU's campus could be closed if there's a government shutdown. (Kye R. Lee/Staff Photographer)
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum could close next week if Congress doesnt reach a budget deal before Tuesday and avert a government shutdown.
Bush Library officials said they are still waiting for guidelines on what exactly would happen in the event of a federal shutdown. And lawmakers still have time to render the discussion moot, although Republicans and Democrats seem locked in a stalemate.
But the precedent is there: presidential libraries, which are run by the National Archives and Records Administration, historically have closed when the federal government shuts down.
If we do close, were working on contingency plans, Bush Library spokesman John Orrell said, adding that more details would be made available on Monday. But as of right now, a final decision has not been made.
More at http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/09/bush-library-and-museum-could-close-if-federal-government-shuts-down.html/ .
[font color=green]Well, something good might come from a federal shutdown after all![/font]
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George Bush library in College Station.
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Bush Library and Museum could close if federal government shuts down (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Sep 2013
OP
But that would mean all presidential libraries would close, not just Bush's.
northoftheborder
Sep 2013
#6
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)1. There's definitely a certain symmetry to that !!!
onestepforward
(3,691 posts)2. Gee, just think of all of those great ideas
yet to be born...
TexasTowelie
(112,372 posts)3. DUzy!
It looks like we got a winner for this thread.
Rstrstx
(1,399 posts)4. You can find a silver lining in the darkest clouds n/m
TexasTowelie
(112,372 posts)5. I try to keep an optimistic attitude,
it's one of the few things in life that is free.
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)6. But that would mean all presidential libraries would close, not just Bush's.