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A government shutdown is nearing this weekend. What does it mean, who’s hit and what’s next?

  • The US government is on the brink of a shutdown, with federal agencies making final preparations and lawmakers racing against the critical midnight deadline. President Joe Biden has called the looming shutdown "unacceptable".
  • If a budget resolution is not passed by Congress on Saturday, the Pentagon will begin to shut down non-essential military services on Monday, impacting nearly 950,000 civilians and over 1.3 million active-duty servicemembers.
  • In the event of a government shutdown, national parks will be closed, and essential services will continue while approximately 2 million servicemembers and more than 1.5 million federal civilian employees will go without a paycheck.
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America is hours away from the lockdown of its government, as Congress has yet to authorize annual funding of budgets for certain departments, before the new financial year begins (on October 1)

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alvareviewcourier.com broke the news in Alva, United States on Wednesday, September 27, 2023.
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