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Five things forbidden during the Obama shutdown but still allowed during the Trump shutdown

By Philip Wegmann
Published January 23, 2018 12:09am ET
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Five things forbidden during the Obama shutdown but still allowed during the Trump shutdown
At the peak of the 2013 shutdown, roughly 850,000 employees were furloughed each day, about 40 percent of the federal civilian workforce. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) | Susan Walsh

No one was manning the phones at the White House over the weekend shutdown. Callers were greeted instead with an automated message blaming the blackout on Democrats. More than petty, this sort of partisanship was a Republican cheap trick.

But it was playschool compared to what former President Barack Obama pulled.

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