The US federal government was closed after Republicans and Democrats failed to solve their budget.
This trouble has influenced the government’s operational funds from October and after that, and is ready to cause extensive confusion for Americans, from air trips to visiting zoos.
Political grid locks are also expected to deploy 40% (about 750,000 people) of federal labor on unpaid vacations.
This is a way to feel the influence nationwide.
Next flight
Federal closure can hit flyers in a variety of ways, and potential long security queues can occur, and unpaid air traffic controllers may be chosen as staying at home rather than working free of charge.
Air traffic control and transportation safety management (TSA) workers will continue to work because they are considered “required”.
But it will not be paid until the end of the shutdown. Lastly, in 2018-2019, these workers began to get sick and had a delay in ripple effects nationwide.
Americans planning overseas can also be affected, and the US passport agency warns that it can take longer than usual to handle travel documents.
We do not work or pay for federal workers.
Federal employees are expected to be the biggest blow because they do not receive a salary check while the termination continues.
The lawyer will continue to work through the closure of the government. Although more than 200,000 people will be paid, KRISTI NOEM wrote on X.
Also, as usual, they are border protection staff, including ICE agents (immigration and tariff execution), medical services and aviation traffic control.
According to the BBC’s US media partner CBS News, the five government departments with the most employees are as follows.
- Defense Ministry (Civilian Employees): 334,904 FURLOGED, 406,573
- Ministry of Health: 32,460 FURLOGED, 47,257
- Commerce: 34,711 Furloughs, 8,273
- State Department: 16,651 FURLOGED, 10,344
- NASA: 15,094 furloughs, 3,124
Some workers can choose the second job as they did during the previous shutdown. Employees who are not considered required should stay at home. In the past, these workers were later paid.
Some organs, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute of Health (NIH), are likely to attack many workers and affect the already ongoing research and experiments.
Donald Trump, who cuts federal jobs after cutting and inauguration of government spending, repeatedly warned that the closure could accelerate more dismissal and to reduce the Democrats with important services and programs.
A contractor who works in a federal but does not directly hire the government will miss the workplace. According to the responsible federal budget committee, these workers have not received any history.
But parliamentarians are still paid. They are protected by the US Constitution, which is opposite by some lawmakers.
National Park without employees
Since the Rangers and other employees were asked to stay home, the federal lands, including the National Park and the National Forest, closed to visitors during the past closure.
At the end of the last end, the Trump administration decided to open the park, where there were few federal workers and no employees.
According to Park Advocates, this decision led to the damage to the park, and this decision led to the damage in the park because visitors were protected, plundered historical sites, and tremendously.
More than 40 former park superintendents appealed to completely close the park when shut down.
In order to protect the US National Park, “We should not open the national park without opening a museum without a curator or air traffic without airport controllers.”
Zoo visit
The famous Smithsonian Institute Museums continues to open until Monday, October 6.
On the Smithsonian website, the group said it could make money for several years before helping.
An animal in the zoo said, “According to Smithsonian, which runs the zoo,” the animals of the National Zoo will continue to feed and take care of them. “
However, since the popular webcam is considered not essential for the zoo staff, it will be closed, so viewers cannot look into pandas, lions, elephants and naked moles.
Health care of the elderly and the poor
Medicare and Medicaid, a social health program for the elderly and the poor, will continue, but lack of employees can cause some interruption.
The food assistant program is also a supplementary nutritional program for women, infants and children (WIC) (it is expected to be short of funds.
The supplementary nutritional assistance program (formerly known as food stamps) is expected to continue longer, but there is a risk of lack of funds.
Emergency disaster slogans are not significantly affected, but other tasks of disaster agencies will be affected.
The National Flood Insurance Program will be closed and some mortgages will be delayed to the property that requires the policy of the government.
However, if the shutdown is dragged, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) can lack money for the disaster relief fund.
Mail still arrives
The US Post Office has not been affected by the government’s closure before, and this time it is no different.
In a statement published on the website earlier this week, the service said that all post offices will be open for business as usual.
This is because postal service does not depend on the funding council. It is an independent institution that generally raises funds through the sale of products and services, not taxes.
