The US government has been once again Sent to shutdown,
For the 21st time in the last 50 years, Congress has Is not able to reach an agreement on funding For federal agencies, despite the late night conversation.
The reason for this is that, while the Republican Congress and the Presidential Houses control, they still required 60 votes in the Senate, which required 60 votes for Ram funding bills for RAM funding bills before a potential democratic filibster.
This means that by the time the Democrats refused to submerge, the GOP should be either Provide them a compromise Or End the philibusterThis time, no normal land was found.
So what does a government shutdown really mean for you and the nation?
What is a government shutdown and how long will it continue?
The US Constitution assigns the only power of the purse to the Congress. “No money will be withdrawn from the treasury,” reads Article I, “but as a result of the appropriations made by the law.”
Under the Antidification Act, passed in 1884 and amended in 1950, the government has also been banned from expenses that the Congress has not already appropriated. The idea was to deliberately stop the hands of the Congress to the federal departments to prevent their entire budget from blowing up at the beginning of the year.
For some time, the US government worked on the assumption that the Congress could not mean to cover the regular annual budget. However, in 1980 and 1981, the Attorney General of Jimmy Carter, Benjamin Civaetti ruled, in fact, it did-which means that all non-fruit-term work had to be stopped as soon as possible.
How long does this last an estimate of someone: the smallest shutdown lasts for only one day or a few hours. Was the longest In 2018-19, during Trump’s first term, which lasted for 34 days And Estimated $ 6bn or more from the country’s economy,
Will federal workers be inflated or removed?
Typically, non-fingered employees are agile, which means they are instructed not to report for work and not be paid during shutdowns.
Thanks to a law of 2019, they will receive back payments after all finished. But this time things may be different.
Last week, under the leadership of The Office of Management and Budget, Russell Wout, a partner in Project 2025, Instructed federal agencies to consider permanent trimming of any program “not in line with the priorities of the President.”
This may mean that earlier this year, Dogy was already trimmed more in the departments than the alone musk cut, some of which are now reversed.
Ahead of shut downPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that if the lawmakers do not reach an agreement, the “irreversible” of federal employees would have to be trimmed.
Which necessary government services will continue, even if?
The Antidification Act includes a clear exception to “security of human life or emergency related to property safety”.
Therefore, when the government “stops,” federal laws will maintain their investigation and will be on patrol. CIA and NSA will continue their snuping.
The National Meteorological Service will keep an eye on the sky, on the sky, with a skeletal crew, as in the form of air traffic controllers. TSA will also continue to scan your body parts and you will need to remove your shoes.
Programs that are usually nurtured or funded by other means other than annual appropriations, usually continue. This includes USPS, Social Security, Medicare and Medicade.
In the 1980s, the Memo of Benjamin Sivautty also ruled that the President’s constitutional duties were unaffected. The argument has since been extended to court employees, Congress members and colleagues who support them in their necessary activities. So they will keep running.
Fortunately, for the Congress and the President, their salary will be paid, as is mandatory by the Constitution.
What really stops?
Probably everything else. What exactly is not clear, because many agencies have not yet released their contingency plans.
The previous shutdown has affected everything from environmental inspection of chemical plants to food safety checks as well as passport approval and immigration decisions.
Many such services are covered with fees, which means they can continue for an extended period. But if the expenditure overtakes those fees, the services may have to be discontinued.
Other programs, such as food aid, pre-school subsidy, or student loans, can depend on how long they have been funded. All such services do not have the same financial year as the rest of the government, which means that they can still be within the budget when a shutdown begins.
The national park system can be completely or partially closed. During the 2018-19 shutdown, this did not happen; However, services such as garbage collection were stopped, causing unpleasant conditions in some facilities.
Smithsonian museums may be forced to close similarly, although they have managed to stay open for a few days after the first start of a shutdown.