The Government Shutdown - Here's What Happens Now

The Government Just Shutdown- Here's What Happens Now
Note to Nancy Pelosi. No one will die because of the "Schumer Shutdown," and the world will continue to spin.
Despite all the media and politician hyperbole, a Government Shutdown is really no big deal. Since 1976, when the current budget and appropriations process was enacted, there have been 18 gaps in budget funding, eight of which led to a Government Shutdown where federal employees were furloughed.

Prior to 1990, funding gaps did not always lead to government shutdowns, but since 1990 the practice has been to shut down the government for all funding gaps.
A Quick Guide To Who's Affected By The Government Shutdown?

In the 2013 government shutdown, about 850,000 government employees were furloughed each day -- and there could be a similar number this time around
1.87 million civilian government workers could be exempt from furlough. If your job is deemed "essential" then you'll be exempt from being kicked to the curb by politicians acting like children. Agencies such as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), food safety inspectors, border patrol officers, and federal prison guards, as well as many others, are considered "Essential" to the safety and security of America.
Up to 417 national park sites could be closed, though the Trump administration has announced it will "try to allow limited access wherever possible."
19 Smithsonian museums could be closed
1 pitiful person who spends every Friday and Saturday night watching Lions, Panda and Elephant TV. The animal camera's at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington will be turned off.  Sorry panda, lion, and elephant lovers. Your screens will remain dark until the politicians start acting like adults, instead of children.

Furloughs
Whoever works for agencies and departments that are considered nonessential, including agencies that pay out small business loans and process passport requests, will cease to work effective immediately until Congress is able to agree on a bill for the federal budget.

Come Monday thousands of federal employees who have been placed on furlough won't report to work Monday.

Some agencies require employees to return their government-issued electronic devices for the duration of the shutdown. Furloughed employees are not even allowed by law to check their dot.gov e-mail.

In previous shutdowns, everyone who stayed home was paid retroactively after an agreement was reached in Washington.

At the peak of the 2013 government shutdown, about 850,000 employees were furloughed per day, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
White House
The White House said Friday that 1,056 members of the Executive Office of the President would be furloughed, and 659, considered essential, would continue to report to work.

Furloughed staff will still be expected to report to duty on Monday, the White House said in a contingency plan posted to its website Friday. But they can stay for no longer than four hours to engage in "shutdown activities" like setting out-of-office messages or explaining how to carry out functions to colleagues who are not furloughed.
Military
The military is considered essential and will report for duty as usual. Despite the rhetoric, the troops -- including those in combat -- will be paid during a shutdown.

The military is currently paid through February 1. If this shutdown drags out for weeks, about 1.3 million active-duty military could 'potentially' work without pay. But Congress will usually take money already allocated for other projects and use that to pay the troops.

In other words, despite the over-the-top rhetoric, those who serve and protect our nation will be paid.
Special counsel
No worries the witch hunt will continue... Until the FISA memo is released.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation team will continue to waste millions of dollars on the Trump - Russia Collusion scam.

"All employees with the Special Counsel's Office are considered exempt and would continue their operations in the case of a lapse in appropriations," according to the Justice Department.
National parks and gun permits
If you had plans for a vacation to visit any national parks, zoos or museums, some of those may be closed. The Trump administration has announced it will "try to allow limited access wherever possible."

Panda, Lion and Elephant cameras at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington will be turned off, according to a statement from the Smithsonian Institution.

Better hurry, you'll still be able to visit the National Zoo this weekend because they will remain open. Come Monday the zoo and the museums would be closed.

The shutdown will also affect the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, meaning if you wanted a gun permit, you'll have to wait until the shutdown is over.
TSA, Air Traffic Control, and the USPS
Essential services, such as Social Security, air traffic control, and the Transportation Security Administration, will continue to be funded even if some employees of those agencies are not.

The US Postal Service won't stop serving residents -- you'll still get your mail.
DC City Services
In 2013, the shutdown especially affected residents of Washington. But this time around, Mayor Muriel Bowser vowed: "Washington, DC, is open."

The DC Mayor said in a statement released this week "DC government will continue to provide services to our residents, the services they expect and deserve, uninterrupted."
The National Mall.
Bowser also said in his statement, the city plans to help the federal government maintain the National Mall.
"I've called on my agencies, where we are able, to step in for the federal government," she said during the news conference. "The National Mall is operated by the National Park Service, and there are many other National Service Park properties throughout Washington, DC ... we will step in and ensure litter and trash are picked up along the National Mall to keep nation's front yard clean of debris."
 
Bottom Line
Despite Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats running around crying "The sky is falling... The Sky is falling." No one will die, and the world will continue to spin, despite the "Schumer Shutdown."

There will be nothing to fear, come Monday, the sky, as will many other things, go on doing what they did when the Government was open for business.

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