AMERICA woke up on Wednesday to a shuttered federal government after Congress failed to pass a stopgap spending bill.
It’s the first US government shutdown in nearly seven years, with hundreds of thousands of workers being forced off the job and public service grinding to a halt.
America’s federal government shut down after Congress failed to pass a spending bill
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference with other members of Senate Democratic leadership following two failed votes to fund the government
During the shutdown, Trump said ‘vast numbers of people’ could be fired from the federal agency
And this time, the fight is over healthcare funding.
Senate Democrats blocked a Republican plan late Tuesday night, voting 55-45 against the measure and denying Republicans the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster.
GOP leaders had counted on at least eight Democratic defections but got only three — Sens. John Fetterman, Catherine Cortez Masto and Independent Angus King.
Republicans hold a 53-47 majority, but even one of their own, Sen. Rand Paul, voted no.
At 12.01am, federal agencies began executing shutdown plans.
National parks, museums, passport services and loan processing are going dark.
Food inspections and immigration courts will also slow.
And roughly 750,000 federal workers are expected to be furloughed, with more than a million workers working without pay.
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