Reuters Insider - From dirty parks to shut museums, shutdown impact widens
04/01/2019 14:53
Click the following link to watch video: https://share.insider.thomsonreuters.com/link?entryId=1_y5z7iua6&referenceId=tag:reuters.com,2019:newsml_OV9VLGSF3_930&pageId=ReutersNews Source: Reuters Insider Description: A shutdown of about a quarter of the U.S. government rolled into its 13th day on Thursday, with lawmakers and President Donald Trump divided over his demand for money for a border wall. Jonah Green has more. Short Link: https://reut.rs/2scpgHH Video Transcript: As the partial US government shutdown nears the two-week mark, its real world effect is growing; 800,000 federal employees have been furloughed or are working without pay. The Smithsonian's Museum, the National Zoo, and National Gallery are closed, disappointing tourists in the nation's capital. I'm kind of from Alabama. I flew down here so like, and to see nothing. You'll also see nothing on the live web feed of the National Zoo's Pandacam which seized broadcasting on Wednesday. Most NASA employees are on furlough except for those deemed essential to "prevent imminent threats to human life or the protection of property" though they are working without pay. National parks are getting a bit messy as they're operating on a skeleton staff with limited resources, a.k.a no restrooms or trash collection. Bathrooms are kind of a challenge though especially for my wife. The Commerce Department is not publishing economic data but the Labor Department will be releasing Friday's jobs report just in case you were curious. The FCC says it's suspending most operations on Thursday. Most of the IRS is closed. We need protection in our country. And one irony of having a shutdown over border funding, the shutdown affects the Department of Homeland Security too. So border patrol agents are working without pay. And the shutdown is showing signs of straining the country's immigration system as hundreds of immigration judges are furloughed. This shutdown, the third during the Trump Administration already ranks among the longest. The record was during President Clinton's term and lasted 21 days in 1996. A 16-day shutdown happened under President Obama in 2013 in a fight with Republicans over his healthcare law. A current shutdown, which is almost two weeks old with no end in sight, has already made history. It's the only one that's passed from one congress to another