Us Government Shutdown: The federal government in the US has been full of 24 hours. The Congress could not reach any consent on the funding bill and many government departments and agencies started closing from 12 o’clock at night. Meanwhile, a proposal to finish the shutdown was brought to the Senate immediately, but there was no necessary support. Talking about what happened in the US in 24 hours, the main point is that the Democrat MPs continued to be adamant on the demand for the expansion of ACA subsidy, while President Donald Trump and Republican leaders are refusing to approve the expenditure. This disagreement became the biggest reason for shutdown.
Fear of trimming, FBI warns
According to the assessment, about 7,50,000 federal employees can visit the furls (compulsory leave) and their salary can be stopped until the government returns to work and orders the remuneration. Many ‘essential’ employees like army personnel, air traffic controllers and border agents will continue to do duty, but they can work without salary for some time. However, FBI Agents Association and other security groups have warned that it may affect investigation, monitoring and forensic work. They say that due to low resources, it will be difficult to deal with terrorism, drug smuggling and cyber threats. That is why many top security officers and associations have termed shutdown as an ‘issue of national security’.
What is Trump saying on the shutdown?
Trump told Shutdown an opportunity that he would be able to cut ‘Democratic Projects’ and government spending. At the same time, the opposition accused the Republics that they are responsible for this crisis. There are also questions in the public. In a recent poll, 38% of people blamed the Republican, 27% blamed the two sides and 31%.
Impact on National Park and Statue of Liberty
According to the internal department (doi) plan, many national parks will be partially opened, but services will be reduced and sensitive parts can be closed. There are some states that are offering assistance at their level; But the shortage of ranger staff for many parks and security concerns have increased. At the same time, New York Governor Kathy Hawkul has said that he will not keep the Statue of Liberty open by using the state’s money, so if the central government stops services, then the services can also be affected there. However, it will remain open.
America will continue to collect tariffs
Some parts of the National Guard that are being deployed in Portland and other cities will report on duty, but their salary can be stopped until the end of the shutdown. That is, they will work but the payment will be delayed. DHS says that even among complex financial works, CBP (Customs and Border Protection) will continue to collect tariff revenue, so that trade and limit processes do not completely obstruct. However, lack of staff can slow down processes.
What will be ahead?
Both the houses of the Congress will argue further, but there were 60 votes in the Senate, which are not able to gather this time. If the deal is not made, the shutdown can last long and its effects will be seen for months. There will be a delay in people’s salary, cut in government services and pressure on national security operations.