https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/veterans-protest-closure-of-monuments-and-memorials/2013/10/13/adaf699c-342e-11e3-be86-6aeaa439845b_story.html

https://theweek.com/articles/819015/make-government-shutdowns-impossible-again

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-14/us-government-shutdown-definition-impact-history-explained

https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/population-profiles/veteran-beneficiaries.html

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2022-11-11/who-are-americas-veterans#:~:text=Veteran%20demographics%20are%20shifting%2C%20but,remains%20overwhelmingly%20male%20and%20white.&text=By%20Chris%20Gilligan-,Nov.,2022%2C%20at%201%3A21%20p.m.&text=The%20U.S.%20is%20home%20to,according%20to%202021%20Census%20data.

https://www.gao.gov/blog/what-continuing-resolution-and-how-does-it-impact-government-operations#:~:text=Continuing%20resolutions%20are%20temporary%20spending,results%20in%20a%20government%20shutdown.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2013/11/07/impacts-and-costs-government-shutdown

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/us/politics/shutdown-government-costs.html

https://www.ustravel.org/press/federal-government-shutdown-would-cost-us-travel-economy-140-million-day

Rep. Lauren Boebert's statement:

https://www.tiktok.com/@11thhourmsnbc/video/7185307858073013550

2022 NDAA:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1605/text?s=5&r=5&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22national+defense+authorization+act+2023%22%7D