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If Congress fails to pass the continuing resolution to fund the government by the end of the day Friday, millions of federal workers could head into the holidays without paychecks. Employees at ...
(The Center Square) – A looming partial shutdown of the federal government could potentially furlough thousands of workers and disrupt certain services ahead of the busy holiday season ...
Some 72.8 million people receive monthly Social Security benefits. Those benefits go primarily to retirees, but also to people with disabilities, as well as dependents of deceased beneficiaries.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission did not investigate or recall products that might cause injuries but do not pose an imminent danger to safety. [5] CPSC furloughed port inspectors who test to make sure that imported products meet safety standards, for instance verifying that children's toys do not contain excessive amounts of lead or that sleepwear meets flammability standards.
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government or federal agencies will shut down, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be sent home — or stay on the job without pay — just ...
The United States federal government shutdown from midnight EST on December 22, 2018, until January 25, 2019 (35 days) was the longest government shutdown in US history [1] [2] and the second [a] and final federal government shutdown involving furloughs during the first presidency of Donald Trump.
Some agencies and departments—such as the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and Social Security Administration—are funded by long-term or mandatory appropriations and were also largely unaffected. While veteran and military benefits are funded a year in advance, furloughed civilians had a large impact on the military and their ...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said shortly before 10:30 p.m. that the Senate would consider four amendments to the Social Security Fairness Act before voting on that bill. It is ...