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TexasTowelie

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Fri Sep 27, 2013, 05:59 PM Sep 2013

Bush 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 doesn’t 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, we’re 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]

This place too:



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
There's definitely a certain symmetry to that !!! orpupilofnature57 Sep 2013 #1
Gee, just think of all of those great ideas onestepforward Sep 2013 #2
DUzy! TexasTowelie Sep 2013 #3
You can find a silver lining in the darkest clouds n/m Rstrstx Sep 2013 #4
I try to keep an optimistic attitude, TexasTowelie Sep 2013 #5
But that would mean all presidential libraries would close, not just Bush's. northoftheborder Sep 2013 #6
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