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During Trump’s first term, the government shut down three times, including a 35-day closure spanning the end of 2018 into early 2019 that remains the longest in U.S. history. –Michael Collin s
Would veterans benefits stop in a government shutdown? What the VA's plan says about payments. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY. December 20, 2024 at 12:07 PM.
The VA continued to work on disability claims that were filed before the shutdown, but veterans with delays. [clarification needed] New disability claims were not processed during the shutdown and all appeals of disability claims were suspended. [75] The VA furloughed 14,224 of its 332,025 employees. [18]
The federal government is veering toward another shutdown this week, which could cause widespread adjustments for a slew of government programs. Here's what happens to Social Security and ...
With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk. An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier ...
On January 27, 2025, memo M-25-13 was released by Matthew Vaeth, acting director for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). [1] [2] The memo said that the federal government of the United States in fiscal year 2024 spent over $3 trillion in federal "financial assistance, such as grants and loans", criticized the usage of "resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and [Green New ...
In the 2018-2019 shutdown, the White House furloughed more than half of the staff in the Executive Office of the President. All agencies have their own contingency plans for an appropriations lapse.
VA currently has about 8.4 million veterans enrolled in its health care program. Of the remaining roughly 13 million living veterans, CBO estimates that about 8 million qualify to enroll in VA's health care program but have not enrolled. VA currently spends about $44 billion providing health care services to veterans, or about $5,200 per enrollee.