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Here's What Could Be Affected if the Government Shuts Down Again
Senate Democrats block DHS funding bill over reform demands, risking furloughs for over 480,000 federal workers and unpaid work for 500,000 more, experts say.
- With funding set to expire after January 30, Congress faces a partial shutdown that would begin on January 31 if lawmakers do not act.
- Senate Democrats are vowing to block the House-passed spending bill unless Department of Homeland Security reforms or separate funding occur, following tensions after the recent fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
- About 45% of the roughly 2.2 million civilian federal workers would be affected, with more than 500,000 working without pay and 480,000-plus furloughed across agencies including DHS and Defense.
- A shutdown could cost the travel economy $1 billion every week, the US Travel Association warned, causing flight delays, longer TSA lines and canceled trips, while the National Flood Insurance Program halt could snag home sales and mortgage closings.
- The White House Office of Management and Budget is not posting agencies' contingency plans centrally, and although the 2019 law guarantees back pay, the Trump administration last fall floated a different interpretation.
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[Ed. note: This piece was republished with permission from NC Local, a nonpartisan, nonprofit state newsroom, helping people in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties understand how statewide issues and government decisions affect their communities.] The killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by Homeland Security agents prompted some politicians to call for halt to department funding. Source
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