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Government Shutdown

Each year, Congress passes 12 appropriations bills to fund the government, sometimes combined into a single bill called an “omnibus” or a few bills called “minibuses.” When these bills are enacted, programs covered by them receive their full-year funding, and the government is said to have passed a budget. However, if these bills are not passed and there is no continuing resolution (CR) in place to temporarily fund the government, then portions of the government that have not been funded by law must shut down.

The federal government funds thousands of activities across 900 budget accounts annually—programs that make the country run. A government shutdown halts many of these essential services that people rely on and puts hundreds more at risk.

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Los republicanos sumergen a la Cámara en caos sin fin en vista In the News
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Los republicanos sumergen a la Cámara en caos sin fin en vista

En un op-ed en El Tiempo Latino, Gaby Blanco escribe de la amenaza de un cierre del gobierno y cómo los republicanos mas extremistas de la Cámara siguen en su ruta extrema y caótica.

El Tiempo Latino

Gaby Blanco

CAP Action’s Navin Nayak on the Looming Government Shutdown and MAGA Extremism Podcast

CAP Action’s Navin Nayak on the Looming Government Shutdown and MAGA Extremism

Navin Nayak, president and executive director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, joins the show to discuss this week’s Republican presidential debates and the threat of a government shutdown.

Daniella Gibbs Léger, Colin Seeberger, Erin Phillips, 3 More Kelly McCoy, Sam Signorelli, Navin Nayak

Tracking the Rising Cost of Trump and McConnell’s Shutdown Interactive
President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talk to reporters in the Rose Garden at the White House, October 2017. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Tracking the Rising Cost of Trump and McConnell’s Shutdown

By the White House's own estimate, President Trump and Sen. McConnell's shutdown is costing the U.S. economy $6.5 billion each week they refuse to fund the government.

Saharra Griffin

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