Congress is facing a deadline of 12:01 a.m. Sunday and if a shutdown happens it will have ripples across Illinois, including an estimated 42,637 federal workers in the state.
Sen. Dick Durbin speaks before President Joe Biden, June 28, 2023, about his economic policies at the Old Post Office in Chicago.often-dire warnings about the effect a federal government shutdown will have because repeated threats over the years have often been averted by last-minute spending deals.
“I’ve been through it. This funding the government is a pain in the neck,” Durbin said in Chicago earlier this week. “I’ve been through this so many times. We always yank the football right at the last moment.”But this time, Durbin’s football analogy looks about as possible as a Chicago Bears winning season. A Congress facing a 12:01 a.m.
There have been 10 formal government shutdowns — a gap in federal funding — since 1980 and three in the last 10 years, including the record 35-day shutdown that ended in January 2019.The effects of a shutdown depend upon its duration. And the longer it lasts, its impact grows more severe. ] In Illinois, most immediately, an estimated 42,637 federal workers in the state would go without paychecks and those deemed to be nonessential workers would be furloughed, curbing the availability of services from federal agencies.
The military, federal law enforcement, Transportation Security Administration airport inspectors and air traffic controllers all would remain on the job, but without getting paychecks. But in 2019 the lengthy duration of the shutdown led TSA workers and air traffic controllers to call in sick in large numbers, affecting airports and creating delays throughout the nation’s aviation system.Social Security checks and veteran’s benefits would continue despite a shutdown.
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