3 Days Til Shutdown

The US Federal Government Shutdown will Partially Shutdown in 3 days - this Friday (December 20^th) at Midnight.

 

Here is the Effect of Congress’ Shutdown on the American People by the Numbers:

535  = All Members of Congress will continue to be paid.

1 = President Biden will continue to be paid.

2 Million = Active-Duty Soldiers, Sailors and Marines will continue to protect us across the United States and around the World, but will not be paid.

400,000 = Civilian Defense Employees will be furloughed and not paid

400,000  =  Civilian Defense Employees will be forced to work without pay.

20,000 = US Border Patrol Officers will continue to work apprehending and processing over 2,000 Illegal Immigrants every day, but will not be paid.

16,000 = US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers will continue to work at our country’s land and sea borders including at airports, but will not be paid.

17,000 =  Employees of NASA will be furloughed without pay and the other

1,300 = Employees of NASA will be forced to work without pay.

18,478  = Employees of The National Institutes of Health will be furloughed and not paid.

18,000 = Employees of the FDA will be forced to work without pay.

35,000 = Employees of the FBI will be forced to work without pay.

105,778 = Employees of the USDA will be forced to work without pay.

412,892 = Employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs will be forced to work without pay.

4,600 = Employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will either be furloughed or forced to work without pay.

54,200 = TSA Officers will continue to work, but without pay.

9,062 = Air Traffic Controllers will continue to work, but without pay.

60,000 = Employees of the Social Security Administration (SSA) will be forced to work without pay.

22,991 = Employees of The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be forced to work without pay.

$1 Billion US Dollars = The Estimated amount the United States will lose every day of a Government Shutdown.

US States and Territories will not receive any new Federal Money – which will affect Millions of State and Territory Employees as well as Millions of Residents receiving certain Benefits funded by both the State/Territory and the Federal Government.

Federal Employees deemed “Essential” and forced to work without pay will probably either call-out sick or do a Work Slowdown as happened in other Shutdowns (especially with the TSA.)

Even though all Federal Government Employees (including those in the Military) will eventually be paid once a Shutdown ends that doesn’t mean much when you are living Paycheck-to-Paycheck and can’t pay your Rent, your Bills, buy Medicines or buy Groceries – especially over Chanukah and Christmas.

Every Member of Congress (from every Party) needs to work to pass the Federal Budget before this Friday otherwise they will let the American People down otherwise they will be the Grinch Who Stole the Soldiers (and other Federal Government Employees) Christmas.