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AP Explains: What happens in a partial government shutdown

By The Associated Press main at their posts. Doctors port services, which are
A look at the impact of the and hospitals will receive funded by fees and not
partial government shut- their Medicare and Med- government spending, will
down: icaid reimbursements. The also continue. Virtually ev-
____ U.S. Postal Service, busy ery essential government
WHAT’S OPEN AND WHAT’S delivering packages for agency, including the FBI,
CLOSED the holiday season, is an the Border Patrol and the
Social Security checks will independent agency and Coast Guard, will remain
go out and troops will re- won’t be affected. Pass- open. Transportation Se-

An Alcatraz Cruise ship waits to depart as customers stand in
line for ferry service in San Francisco, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018.
Associated Press
curity Administration offi- funding from states and
cers will staff airport check- charitable groups.
points. The air traffic control In Washington, the muse-
system, food inspection, ums along the National
Medicare, veterans’ health Mall will remain open at
care and many other essen- least through Jan. 1, but
tial government programs Smithsonian officials said
will run as usual. The Fed- they will reevaluate the sit-
eral Emergency Manage- uation if the shutdown con-
ment Agency can contin- tinues into the new year.
ue to respond to disasters. The Washington Monument
Nearly 90 percent of the is closed for repairs.
Department of Homeland Arizona and Utah officials
Security’s 240,000 employ- put in place plans to keep
ees will be at work because open Grand Canyon, Zion,
they’re considered essen- Arches and Bryce Canyon
tial. Special counsel Robert and Zion national parks.
Mueller’s office, which is At the Statue of Liberty and
investigating potential ties Ellis Island, it was business
between the Trump cam- as usual, thanks to funding
paign and Russia, is unaf- from New York state.
fected by a shutdown. ___
But hundreds of thousands FEDERAL WORKERS STILL GET
of federal workers will be PAID — EVENTUALLY
forced off the job, and While they can be kept
some services will go dark. on the job, federal work-
In the past, the vast major- ers won’t be paid for days
ity of national parks were worked during the lapse in
closed to visitors and camp- funding. In the past, how-
ers, but beginning with the ever, they have been re-
last government shutdown, paid retroactively even if
in January, the Interior De- they were ordered to stay
partment has tried to make home. White House offi-
parks as accessible as pos- cials said that would be the
sible despite bare-bones case again.
staffing levels. Some are
staying open thanks to Continued on Page 3