A US government shutdown will occur when Congress does not approve spending measures at the end of the fiscal year. Unnecessary federal services will be shut down. Meanwhile, essential services - mainly related to public safety, such as emergency police and fire services - will continue to operate.
The bipartisan policy center said that if there was no suitable fund, three-fifties of the about 2.1 million federal civil servants would be forced to stop working. However, all federal workers will still receive their wages after reaching a spending settlement.
Federal agencies have been notified of readiness for the shutdown. According to the process, the government has less than a week left until the funding is exhausted and must issue contingency plans to outline the scope of affected activities.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki admitted that the shutdown would "be a challenge" for epidemic relief efforts. The majority of public health workers serving COVID-19, including vaccination units; state and local aid and hospitals for treatment, will continue to operate.
During the closure, Americans still receive continuous benefits such as checking veteran issues, social security and additional security. However, staff from these agencies will not be present to process new applications or requests. Several national parks, memorial sites and several museums are among the Federally planned closures.
In addition, agencies including the Federal Housing Administration and the Small Business Administration will stop processing new loan applications. At the same time, research organizations including the National Institutes of Health will be prevented from providing new research funding or registering patients for clinical trials.
Efforts to allow the government to operate until December 3 and suspend the public debt ceiling until December 2022 are having negative developments. If rejected, President Biden's administration will have to close, which would be the 22nd time the US administration has stopped operating in history. The last time the government was shut down was under President Donald Trump. He still holds the record for the longest shutdown in US history - 35 days. During that time, some federal employees had to sell personal items online to try to get enough money to pay their bills.
