With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking more and more likely days ahead of this weekend's deadline.
The Capitol is seen late Tuesday night, Sept. 26, 2023, in Washington, as lawmakers work to advance appropriations bills on the House floor. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown. in Washington, a government shutdown is looking more and more likely ahead of Saturday night's deadline.
“Collectively, hundreds of millions of Americans, a majority of the population, are receiving some kind of benefits from the government,” said Forrest V. Morgeson III, an associate professor at Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business. He noted a potential shutdown could bring significant financial uncertainty and economic implications down the road.
Impacted families are “going to be going to food pantries,” said Dr. Nancy Nielsen, senior associate dean for health policy at the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. “These are people who need the help. These are moms. These are infants. So this is a real problem.
Beyond Head Start, concerns have also arisen around free school meals for low-income children. But the Agriculture Department says it does not anticipate any immediate issues with federal child nutrition programs, including school meals because support for these programs is provided in part by a permanent and mandatory funding authority.
According to a recent contingency plan from the Social Security Administration, the agency will cease non-critical actions and those"not directly related to the accurate and timely payment of benefits.” The issuance of new social security cards and replacements will continue.Medicare and Medicaid benefits will also continue — as both are mandatory programs funded separately from annual appropriations.
Long before this week's deadline, airlines were already been complaining that a shortage of air traffic controllers has been causing flight delays and cancellations. The Federal Aviation Administration said in August it hired 1,500 new controllers in the past year and asked Congress for money to hire another 1,800 in the new fiscal year.
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