The Partial Government Shutdown Explained

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The US Government shutdown has left many agencies without funds to pay for day-to-day operations (Credit: usa.gov)

If you have been paying any attention to the news, you probably know that the US Government has been partially shut since midnight December 21, 2018. More specifically, work at nine departments, as well as some agencies making up roughly 25 percent of the federal government, has either ground to a halt or is being conducted at a slower pace because the budget to fund their day-to-day operations has not been approved by Congress. As a result, a fraction of the 800,000 employees, who are considered “non-essential,” have been furloughed, or forced to take a leave of absence. The remaining “essential” employees are expected to report for duty as usual, but will not get paid until a budget has been approved.

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  • wwerandyorton
    wwerandyorton7년 이하
    This So Bad
    • JoJo Siwa's Car7년 이하
      Rip Goverment
      • pinkgirl7년 이하
        this is bad omg
        • LIL CR07년 이하
          Wow this is sad.
          • Rogie7년 이하
            Over a wall.
            • lo[kmnj 7년 이하
              haha this is cool
              • wawwa7년 이하
                That is the worst thing ever who likes him
                • JOJO SIWA7년 이하
                  RIP government 2019
                  • mr.5r54367년 이하
                    this is rilley bad
                    • Trouble 7년 이하
                      This is soon going to get ugly. It said that this was the second longest shutdown in 40 YEARS. Democrats can pay if they want, but Mr. Trump, can't force them to do it. We're talking about our country's MONEY. 5 billion dollars is a lot. This needs to end soon.
                      • baconpanda
                        baconpanda7년 이하
                        5 billion is not a lot of money for a government with a 4.407 trillion dollar budget.
                        • beachbreeze16
                          beachbreeze167년 이하
                          But it costs much more than 5 billion dollars just to feed and give insurance to all the illegal immigrants each year (around 17 billion i think). So 5 billion dollars really isn`t that bad in the long run

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