What Happens If The Government Shuts Down?
HuffPost
National parks will close, federal employees will be furloughed and holiday travel will get even more stressful.
Lawmakers were scrambling to address President-elect Donald Trump’s frustrations with a bipartisan spending bill that would keep the government open, raising the specter of a government shutdown starting at midnight on Saturday.
The dramatic showdown between an incoming president, his billionaire benefactor, Elon Musk, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has thrown Washington into chaos less than a week before Christmas.
The last shutdown began in 2018 during Trump’s first term. So what happens if the government runs out of money?
What gets shut down?
Large parts of the federal government will close. Notable examples include the country’s national parks and federally-run museums. Other federal programs that provide critical access to food for vulnerable women and children are also impacted.