The federal government of the United States closed after republican and democratic legislators could not allow the confrontation between the budget.
Tusen affects the financing of state operations until October and beyond, and he is ready to lead to widespread violations for Americans in areas, starting from air travel to visits to the zoo.
It is also expected that a political impasse will supply 40% of the federal labor force – about 750,000 people – on unpaid vacation.
This is how its influence can be felt throughout the country.
Your next flight
Federal closure can hit leaflets in various ways, which can lead to a long -term security line, and delays caused by unpaid air traffic controllers choosing to stay at home, and not work for free.
Employees of the air traffic control and transport control (TSA) are considered “important”, so they will continue to work to work.
But they will not pay until the shutdown ends. When this happened for the last time, in 2018-2019, these employees increasingly began to cause patients, which leads to delays that had a wave effect throughout the country.
Americans planning to go abroad can also be affected, and American passport agencies warn that it may take more time to process tourist documents than usual.
No work – or payment – for federal workers
It is expected that federal employees will suffer, since they will not receive any checks to pay wages while the stop continues.
Law enforcement officers will continue to work through the closure of the government – although more than 200,000 of them will make this unpaid, the Minister of National Security Christie Nuem wrote on X.
Also, their work, as usual, are personnel for the protection of borders, including ICE Agents (immigration and customs law enforcement), medical care in the hospital and air traffic control.
According to CBS News, an American BBC partner in the USA, five government departments with the most evasive personnel:
- Ministry of Defense (civilian personnel): 334,904, knocked out, 406 573 conservations
- Health Department: 32,460 condensed, 47,257 preserved
- Department of Trade: 34 711, knocked out, 8,273 conservations
- State Department: 16 651 condensed, 10 344 conservations
- NASA: 15 094 condensed, 3124 saved
Some employees can choose a second job, as during previous closures. Employees who are not considered important will be forced to stay at home. In the past, these employees were then paid retroactively.
Several agencies, such as centers for the control and prevention of diseases (CDC) and national healthcare institutions (NIH), probably burn out many employees, affecting current research and experiments that are already in the process.
President Donald Trump, who reduced state expenses and reduced federal jobs since taking office, has repeatedly warned that closing could speed up further dismissal and allow him to reduce services and programs that, according to him, are important for democrats.
Contractors who work in federal agencies, but do not work directly by the government, will also miss the work. These employees historically did not receive any payments, according to the committee of the responsible federal budget.
Members of the Congress, however, will still be paid. They are protected in accordance with the US Constitution – the Convention against which there were against some legislators.
National parks without staff
The federal lands, including national parks and national forests, were closed to visitors during past stops, as rangers and other employees were asked to stay at home.
During the last closure, the Trump administration decided to leave the parks open, and there few of the federal workers did not work.
According to Advocates Park, the decision led to vandalism in the parks, as visitors passed through protected landscapes, plundered historical places and were dullly littered.
A group of more than 40 former superintendents of the park turned to the White House to completely close the parks in case of closing.
“We do not leave museums open without curators or airports without air traffic controllers – and we should not leave our national parks open without employees of the National Parks service,” said Emily Thompson from the coalition to protect the national parks of America.
A visit to the zoo
The famous museums of the Smithsonian institution will remain open at least until Monday, October 6.
On the web site of the Smithsonian institute, the organization said that it had money available over the years to help them continue to work.
Animals in the national zoo “will still be fed and take care”, according to Smithsonian, which controls the zoo.
But popular webcams will be disconnected, as the zoo employees consider them insignificant, so the audience will not be able to look at the pandas, lions, elephants and naked mole.
Health care for the elderly and poor
Medicare and Medicaid, social health programs for the elderly and poor, will continue, but the lack of staff can lead to some breaks.
The program for food assistance will also be affected by the additional food program for women, babies and children (WIC), as expected, will quickly exhaust the funds.
It is expected that the additional assistance program in the field of power (previously known as food coupons) will last longer, but risks non -financing.
Help in emergency situations will also not be affected to a large extent, but other work performed by agencies in natural disasters will be affected.
The national flood insurance program will be closed by delaying some mortgages for real estate that require policies from the state program.
But if the shutdown is pulled out, it is possible that the Federal Emergency Directorate (FEMA) can end money for its distress assistance fund.
Mail will still come
The US postal service has not previously been affected by state shutdowns – and this time it is no different.
In a statement published on your web -site earlier this week, the service says that all post offices will remain open to business, as usual.
This is due to the fact that the postal service does not depend on the congress for financing. This is an independent organization, which is usually funded by the sale of its products and services, and not at the expense of tax dollars.
