Government Shutdown

House Republicans released the text of a continuing resolution that would fund the government through Sept. 30. Now, passing it in a narrowly divided chamber is the next hurdle.

Each threatened shutdown can lead to stress in the military community about missing paychecks and losing access to federal programs.

The Senate voted 88 to 9 to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government through Nov. 17.

Some agencies that conduct immigration-related business, such as ICE, would continue to operate during a government shutdown. Others would not.

Medicare and Medicaid are mandatory spending programs and that keeps them relatively safe in the early days of the shutdown, but 42% of the Department of Health's staff will be furloughed.

Service members would work without pay, and many civil servants are likely to be furloughed. Congress has yet to pass a separate bill to guarantee military pay as it did in previous shutdowns.

Programs including passport renewals and citizenship applications could be impacted if House members can’t reach an agreement on federal spending.

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