For the 21st time in the past 50 years, Congress has not been able to reach an agreement on funding for federal agencies. So what does a new shutdown actually mean for your daily life?
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For the 21st time in the past 50 years, Congress has not been able to reach an agreement on funding for federal agencies. So what does a new shutdown actually mean for your daily life?
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The U.S. government has once again been sent into shutdown.
Federal funding will lapse this week if Congress does not act. Areas across the government will be affected.
It’s important to understand what the shutdown means for everything from national park closures to passport processing times.
The government just reopened. There are fewer than three months before it could close again, though only partially.
Congress’s persistent inability to write and pass spending bills on time has made government shutdowns like the imminent one a…
The shutdown will stop work at multiple federal departments and agencies, affecting hundreds of thousands of government workers
Senators will vote again Tuesday for the 14th time on whether to reopen the government.
A History of Government Shutdowns Traces Decades of Funding Struggles
