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Government shutdown: Who is affected and what's next? - CBS News
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6 hours ago - WASHINGTON -- The federal government
stopped operating at midnight, halting all but essential services,
after the Senate came 10 votes short of reaching a temporary,
last-minute funding deal that would have kept the government open through February 16. The shutdown comes on the anniversary of ...
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The government just shut down. What happens next? - CNNPolitics
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You'll get your mail, but not your passports. Here's what's affected by the shutdown
(CNN)In
the final moments leading up to Friday's midnight deadline, Senate
Republicans and Democrats were unable to agree on a stopgap funding
measure to continue government services.
So what happens next? Here's a rundown of what will happen if the government remains shut down.
Furloughs
Thousands
of federal employees will be placed on furlough -- meaning they won't
report to work Monday. Whoever works for agencies and departments that
are considered nonessential, including agencies that pay out small
business loans and process passport requests, will cease to work
effective immediately until Congress is able to agree on a bill for the
federal budget.
The
employees in these departments would be placed on "furlough." In
previous shutdowns, everyone who stayed home was paid retroactively
after an agreement was reached in Washington.
At
the peak of the 2013 government shutdown, about 850,000 employees were
furloughed per day, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
White House
The
White House said Friday that 1,056 members of the Executive Office of
the President would be furloughed, and 659, considered essential, would
continue to report to work.
Furloughed staff will still be expected to report to duty on Monday, the White House said in a contingency plan
posted to its website Friday. But they can stay for no longer than four
hours to engage in "shutdown activities" like setting out-of-office
messages or explaining how to carry out functions to colleagues who are
not furloughed.
Military
The
military is considered essential and will still report for duty.
However, the troops -- including those in combat -- will potentially not
be paid during a shutdown.
If the shutdown goes on for weeks,
about 1.3 million active-duty military will be expected to work
potentially without pay. The military is currently paid through February
1.
In addition, many civilian
Department of Defense employees will not be working during the shutdown,
including instructors at military academies and maintenance
contractors.
Special counsel
Special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation team will continue to operate, a Justice Department spokesperson told CNN.
"All
employees with the Special Counsel's Office are considered exempt and
would continue their operations in the case of a lapse in
appropriations," the spokesperson said.
National parks and gun permits
If you had plans for a vacation to visit any national parks, zoos or museums, some of those may be closed.
The popular panda cameras at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington will be turned off,
according to a statement from the Smithsonian Institution. Visitors
will still be able to visit the National Zoo, as well as Smithsonian
museums, over the weekend. But the zoo and the museums would be closed
beginning Monday.
The shutdown will
also affect the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,
meaning if you wanted a gun permit, you'll have to wait until the
shutdown is over.
TSA, air traffic control and mail services
Essential
services, such as Social Security, air traffic control and the
Transportation Security Administration, will continue to be funded even
if some employees of those agencies are not.
The US Postal Service won't stop serving residents -- you'll still get your mail.
DC city services
In
2013, the shutdown especially affected residents of Washington. But
this time around, Mayor Muriel Bowser vowed that services in the city
will continue, unlike last time.
"Washington,
DC, is open," Bowser said in a statement published Friday. "DC
government will continue to provide services to our residents, the
services they expect and deserve, uninterrupted."
National Mall
Bowser also said the city plans to help the federal government maintain the National Mall.
"I've
called on my agencies, where we are able, to step in for the federal
government," she said during the news conference. "The National Mall is
operated by the National Park Service, and there are many other National
Service Park properties throughout Washington, DC ... we will step in
and ensure litter and trash are picked up along the National Mall to
keep nation's front yard clean of debris."
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