Tourists visit the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum after the museum's reopening on October 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Government Reopens After 16-Day Shutdown
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough greets returning White House employees after the government shutdown ended and employees could return to work outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, October 17, 2013. (Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Government Reopens After 16-Day Shutdown
Government Reopens After 16-Day Shutdown
Tourists listen to a tour guide speak in the Rotunda of the US Capitol Building on Capitol Hill October 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Government Reopens After 16-Day Shutdown
Tourist walk away after visiting the Lincoln memorial on October 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Government Reopens After 16-Day Shutdown
Smithsonian museum workers clean leaves from a street in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2013. (Photo: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Government Reopens After 16-Day Shutdown
U.S. Park Service workers carry a barricade that was used to close the Martin Luther King Memorial on October 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Government Reopens After 16-Day Shutdown
Visitors listen to a tourist guide at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum after the museum's reopening on October 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Government Reopens After 16-Day Shutdown
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough (2nd L) greets White House staff as he welcomes them back to work on the first day the U.S. Government reopens at the Northwest entrance of the White House October 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Government Reopens After 16-Day Shutdown
Barricades that were used to close the Martin Luther King Memorial lay dismantled on October 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)