Sunrise on the Shutdown

The U.S. Capitol at sunrise in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1, 2013, the first day of a federal government shutdown since 1996.
The sun rises on the U.S. Capitol and the Peace Monument in Washington, Oct. 1, 2013. Midnight marked the beginning of the first federal government shutdown since 1996.Brooks Kraft / Corbis for TIME

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