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                                                                                                 U.S. NEWS Monday 24 deceMber 2018
















































            AP Explains: What happens in a partial government shutdown



            Continued from Page 2        about  41,000  law  enforce-  ___                         two  terms,  there  were  six  come  with  protections  for
                                         ment  and  corrections  offi-  SHUTDOWNS HAPPEN           shutdowns,  typically  just  young  immigrants  known
            The  Senate  already  has  cers. The Homeland Securi-     Shutdowns  happened  ev-     one or two days apiece.      as “Dreamers,” the most re-
            passed  legislation  ensuring  ty employees who will keep   ery year when Jimmy Cart-  Before  a  three-day  lapse  cent  significant  shutdown
            that  workers  will  receive  working   include   about   er  was  president,  averag-  in  January,  caused  by  was  a  16-day  partial  shut-
            back pay. The House seems  150,000  from  the  Coast      ing  11  days  each.  During  Democrats’      insistence  tering of the government in
            sure to follow suit.         Guard,  TSA  and  Customs    President Ronald Reagan’s  that  any  budget  measure  2013.q
            Federal employees already  and Border Protection.
            were granted an extra day  More  than  380,000  em-
            of  vacation  on  Monday,  ployees  will  be  furloughed
            Christmas Eve, under an ex-  — including nearly all from
            ecutive order Trump signed  NASA  and  Housing  and
            this past week.              Urban  Development  and
            Federal  workers  are  ex-   41,000 from the Commerce
            empted  from  furloughs  if  Department.  About  16,000
            their  jobs  are  national  se-  National  Park  Service  em-
            curity-related or if they per-  ployees  —  80  percent  of
            form essential activities that  the agency’s workforce —
            “protect life and property.”  will be furloughed.
            According  to  a  report  by  Also among those who will
            Democrats  on  the  Senate  furloughed:  52,000  staffers
            Appropriations Committee,  at  the  Internal  Revenue
            more  than  420,000  federal  Service,  slowing  analysis
            employees  deemed  es-       and collection of hundreds
            sential will continue to work  of thousands of tax returns
            without   pay,    including  and audits.


















            Park  ranger  Kevin  Sturmer  drags  pylons  up  Trail  Ridge  Road
            to block access after an overnight snow was left unplowed in
            Rocky Mountain National Park Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in Estes
            Park, Colo.
                                                     Associated Press
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