{"id":23911,"date":"2025-03-11T21:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23911"},"modified":"2025-03-11T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:20:14","slug":"what-will-happen-if-the-us-government-shuts-down-as-donald-trump-issues-serious-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23911","title":{"rendered":"What will happen if the US government shuts down as Donald Trump issues serious warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A US government shutdown could be imminent if a temporary funding bill fails to pass in Congress today (March 11).<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s right, as\u00a0the trade war between the US and Canada intensifies<\/a>, Americans could soon be dealing with yet another curveball.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0told reporters the shutdown ‘probably won’t’ go ahead, it depends on the result of a vote on a ‘continuing resolution’ (CR) bill which goes ahead later today.<\/p>\n

Mike Johnson, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, issued a short term spending bill in Congress in December to keep up government\u00a0funding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Johnson’s bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), covered funding up until Friday (March 14) – however, if another similar bill isn’t passed before this one expires, the government could be forced into a shutdown, impacting federal workers and beyond.<\/p>\n

The last shutdown – a record-breaking 35 day stint which ran from December 2018 into January 2019 – was also under Trump’s administration, over his $5.7 billion federal fund demand to build his controversial US-Mexico<\/a>\u00a0border wall.<\/p>\n

Anyway,\u00a0Republicans<\/a>, who control the House, offered up a solution to the imminent issue on March 8 when they presented a CR bill which would keep the government topped up with cash for the rest of fiscal year 2025, which ends September 30.<\/p>\n

However, there still needs to be a vote, which is set to take place today, in order for the CR to pass.<\/p>\n

If no deal is struck by midnight, then the US will have its first shutdown in six years.<\/p>\n

Damaging effects of the 2019 shutdown<\/h2>\n
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A number of services were majorly impacted during the last shutdown(Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The last, 35-day shutdown wreaked havoc on the US economy, costing at least $11 billion according to estimates from The Congressional Budget Office.<\/p>\n

Some 380,000 federal workers were furloughed, while another 420,000 were required to work without any known payment dates.<\/p>\n

The IRS faced delays in processing $140 billion worth of tax refunds, while the FBI saw some of its investigations majorly disrupted.<\/p>\n

Airports had to be closed amid Transportation Security Administration staff shortages.<\/p>\n

What could happen if a shutdown went ahead this week<\/h2>\n
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Trump is quite confident the shutdown won’t go ahead (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

A shutdown this week would have a ripple effect across the country, much like it did in 2019.<\/p>\n

Services including in-hospital medical care, law enforcement, border protection and air-traffic control would carry on operating.<\/p>\n

Other services, however, could be reduced or closed altogether, including the issuing of student loans, food assistance programmes federally-funded preschools and even national parks.<\/p>\n

Benefit verifications and card issuance could stop, the BBC\u00a0reports<\/a>, but Social Security and Medicare cheques would continue to be sent out.<\/p>\n

‘Essential’ federal workers would continue as usual although potentially without pay, while those not deemed essential would be put on unpaid leave for the time being.<\/p>\n

Of course, the longer the shutdown continues, the worse the effects, as Transport Security Administration spokesman Carter Langston warned: “An extended shutdown could mean longer wait times at airports.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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