Turkey has taken in roughly 1.9 million refugees while Lebanon has accepted 1.1 million. The United States accepted 70,000 refugees from around the globe in 2013, the most recent year for which statistics are available. Roughly half of those were from two countries: Iraq and Burma.
The longest government shutdown in history happened when Democrat Clinton and Republicans in Congress, who controlled both houses, disagreed over funding on Medicare, education and the environment. Republicans wanted to curb government spending, clashing with Clinton over his ideas.
While the U.S. government shutdown may merely be an afterthought or an inconvenience for some people, it's costing the economy and taxpayers plenty. So how much does the government shutdown cost? The daily tab for the government shutdown is a whopping $160 million. The shutdown cost some $1.6 billion in lost output from the $15.7 trillion U.S. economy in its first week alone, according to global market research firm IHS Inc. Bloomberg reported that two days into Week 2, the government shutdown cost equaled $2 billion in economic damages â the same amount that heavy rains, flash flooding, and mudslides in 17 Colorado counties cost the state last month.