After Congress failed to enact appropriations legislation, the United States federal government partially shut down beginning at midnight on 22 December 2018, impacting several departments, agencies, and interagency committees, including the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is chaired by the Department of the Treasury (Treasury).
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