A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995–1996_United_States_federal_government_shutdowns" id="mwAQ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1995–1996 United States federal government shutdowns">temporarily close</a> national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.