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The
shutdown
today:
Donors
look to
ease
pain of
shutdown
By
The
Associated
Press
APNews.com
What’s
up with
the
partial
government
shutdown
on Day
27
WHAT’S
NEW
The
shutdown
is
bringing
an
outpouring
of
generosity
to TSA
agents
and
other
federal
employees
who are
working
without
pay.
House
Speaker
Nancy
Pelosi
called
on
President
Donald
Trump to
delay
his
State of
the
Union
address,
scheduled
for Jan.
29.
Pelosi
cited
security
concerns,
noting
that
both the
Secret
Service
and the
Department
of
Homeland
Security
are
entangled
in the
shutdown.
Now
it’s
serious:
Craft
beer
makers
are
putting
new
releases
on hold
and
stopping
shipments
across
state
lines as
the
shutdown
halts
operations
at the
federal
agency
that
regulates
alcohol
production
and
distribution.
The
president
has
signed a
bill to
give
some
800,000
federal
workers
back pay
whenever
the
government
reopens.
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QUOTES
OF THE
DAY
“It
is now
plainly
evident
that the
shutdown
is
affecting
air
travel,
and when
that
happens,
damage
to the
overall
U.S.
economy
will
shortly
follow.”
—
Jonathan
Grella,
a
spokesman
for the
U.S.
Travel
Association,
a trade
group.
“Conversation
is
progress
and
listening
is
progress.”
— Rep.
Dean
Phillips,
D-Minn.,
after a
bipartisan
group of
legislators
met with
Trump at
the
White
House.
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WHAT’S
COMING
NEXT?
The
economic
blow
from the
partial
government
shutdown
is being
felt not
only by
federal
workers
but also
by
businesspeople,
households
and
travelers
across
the
country.
And
while
the hit
to the
overall
economy
so far
remains
slight,
economists
foresee
real
damage
if the
shutdown
drags
into
February
or
beyond.
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WHAT
REMAINS
CLOSED
Nine
of the
15
Cabinet-level
departments
have not
been
funded,
including
Agriculture
,
Homeland
Security,
State,
Transportation,
Interior
and
Justice.
Some
iconic
National
Park
facilities
are
shuttered
as are
the
Smithsonian
museums
and the
National
Zoo in
Washington.
Nearly
everyone
at NASA
is being
told to
stay
home.
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WHO IS
AT WORK
BUT NOT
GETTING
PAID
An
estimated
460,000
employees
are
working
without
pay,
including
at the
FBI, TSA
and
other
federal
law
enforcement
offices.
Also,
about
340,000
workers
have
been
furloughed.
Some
federal
contractors
have
also
discontinued
their
services,
leaving
thousands
of
employees
temporarily
without
work and
without
a
paycheck.
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For
AP’s
complete
coverage
of the
U.S.
government
shutdown:
https://apnews.com/GovernmentShutdown
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