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The current government shutdown is poised to become the longest in history. On Tuesday, it ties the 35-day record set in 2019, during President Donald Trump’s first term. With no serious negotiations happening, it’s a good bet the shutdown will continue for the foreseeable.
Many of the effects — like lapses in food aid for the lowest-income Americans — are just starting to be felt. Other impacts, like the cost to the economy of delaying billions in federal funding, may never truly be known.
Here are some of the more notable effects, from CNN’s reporting and as documented by other outlets, of what is officially tied for the longest US government shutdown in history.
More than 1 million federal workers aren’t getting paid. Some federal workers are deemed “essential” and showing up to work. Others have been furloughed during the shutdown. While the Trump administration has found ways, so far, to pay troops and some other employees, a lot of workers are trying to figure out how to live on $0 paychecks. Lawmakers and judges, on the other hand, are receiving their normal salaries because it is written into the Constitution.
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