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The longest shutdown was also the most recent: The government shut down for 34 full days from Dec. 21, 2018, to Jan. 25, 2019. During that shutdown, national parks remained open, but trash started ...
In the event of a government shut down not all government operations will cease, the OPM explains. Employees in national defense, law enforcement, and other departments that protect life and ...
The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 was proposed during the shutdown's third week, and was signed into law within two weeks after that after overwhelming, bipartisan support in Congress. The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Ben Cardin as S. 24 on January 3, 2019 with 30 cosponsors. [8]
During a government shutdown, federal employees who are classified as "nonessential" are sent home and paid once the government reopens. "Essential" workers – those necessary to keep the most ...
If there is a government shutdown, the U.S. military operations overseas and domestically will continue, but U.S. service members won't be paid during that time.
The MCCARTHY Shutdown Act (short for My Constituents Cannot Afford Rebellious Tantrums, Handle Your Shutdown Act) is a proposed United States federal law which (if passed) would prohibit members of Congress from being paid during a government shutdown among other provisions.
The fate of hundreds of thousands of federal employees and the work they do rests on Congress' ability to extend government funding beyond Friday.
Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has blasted the fact that congressional lawmakers still get paid during a government shutdown. “Next time we have a gov shutdown ...