Democrat Shutdown Hurts Families, Veterans, Workers Across the Country

Democrats' reckless push to hold the government hostage over free healthcare for illegal aliens has forced a crippling shutdown - making essential workers and servicemembers go unpaid, pushing vital programs like WIC to the brink, and leaving key services unfunded.

Across the country, the Radical Left's political stunt is inflicting pain:

Arizona

• KVOA-TV: "The VA will stop transition program assistance and career counseling, close GI Bill and National Cemetery hotlines and shut down benefits regional offices… Visitor services will be reduced, with park roads and trails generally remaining open but without regular maintenance. Special events requiring permits will be halted, and no new permits will be issued. Parks with insufficient funds will cease operations, suspending all non-essential activities."
• Axios Phoenix: "The effects of the shutdown could lead to backups at Phoenix Sky Harbor and will force the furlough of thousands of local federal employees… More than 34,000 federal employees were working in Arizona as of last year… Although airport employees, including security officers and air traffic controllers, will be forced to continue working throughout the shutdown, airport operations could be affected."
• KVOA-TV: Shutdown impacts Tucson: Saguaro Park East closed to cars
• Arizona PBS: Montezuma Castle National Monument turns away tourists after government shutdown
• KTAR Radio: National monument in Arizona turns away tourists after federal government shutdown

Georgia

• WRDW-TV: "Thousands of federal workers in Georgia, including many airport employees, are already starting to feel the strain of the federal government shutdown. Essential federal employees like TSA agents or air traffic controllers still have to come to work - but right now, they aren't being paid."
• WMAZ-TV: "The Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins is closing due to the government shutdown. The Museum of Aviation is run by the Department of Defense, which has lost funding as Congress negotiates a budget deal. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the Museum of Aviation says that the closure will last until further notice… The Ocmulgee Mounds in Macon is also closed during the tenure of the government shutdown."
• WXIA-TV: "For travelers, even though flights are still taking off, the U.S. Travel Association is warning them that longer lines, staffing issues, and delays could grow the longer the shutdown lasts. The shutdown is impacting more than 100,000 federal workers in Georgia, like TSA agents and air traffic controllers at the Hartsfield-Jackson airport."
• WXIA-TV: "More than 111,000 federal workers in Georgia are affected - including TSA agents, air traffic controllers, military members, correctional officers, and furloughed staff from agencies like the Department of Education, EPA, HHS, National Park Service, and IRS."
• WXIA-TV: Amid the government shutdown, visitors were turned away from the Martin Luther King historic site
• WMAZ-TV: Central Georgia gears up as federal shutdown threatens Robins Air Force Base
• Atlanta Journal Constitution: Offices close, services suspended across Georgia amid federal shutdown
• Bryan County News: Shutdown could directly affect over a hundred thousand Georgians
• WSB Radio: Government shutdown impacting metro Atlanta parks
• WTXL-TV: Federal shutdown threatens Valdosta's backbone as Moody AFB and local programs brace for impact
• WTOC-TV: Fort Pulaski temporarily closed due to government shutdown

Michigan

• WJRT-TV: Michigan faces service disruptions as federal shutdown begins
• WCMU Radio: Shutdown closes Sleeping Bear Dunes visitors center, ranger programs
• WILX-TV: Federal shutdown leaves Michigan in limbo
• Detroit Free Press: "Expect more and more services to be curtailed (or even stopped), more and more federal grants, payments and contracts to be delayed or cut, and federal workers showing up at their jobs without pay (including military families, law enforcement, border patrol and the like) to feel more and more strain."
• Detroit Free Press: "Hiring and training of new employees stops. Funding for SNAP and WIC programs stops. New Head Start grants will not be available. Many food, health and clean water inspections from the FDA, OSHA and the EPA would stop. The Small Business Administration stops reviewing or approving loans."
• Michigan Farm Bureau: "More than 42,000 USDA employees will also be furloughed (put on leave), per Reuters reporting, with significant disruptions expected for the Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service."

Minnesota

• Minnesota Star Tribune: "Federal employees in Minnesota 'will not only be without temporary income as a result of a shutdown, but it is threatened that they will be without their federal careers permanently.'"
• Minnesota Star Tribune: "A sprawling mass of other federal functions ground to a halt…. The shutdown, the first in nearly seven years, furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and disrupted services across the government, including federal court cases, assistance for veterans, grants for education, cleanup at Superfund sites and economic analysis for reports like the jobs data."
• Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: "Minnesota is home to roughly 20,000 federal employees, or 35,000 if you include military personnel. Many of those will be expected to keep working during the federal government shutdown that began last night - but paychecks could be interrupted."
• KAAL-TV: "Minnesotans will feel it as there are roughly 20,000 federal workers in the state, and 35,000 if you count postal workers and the military. About a third of those workers are at VA hospitals like custodial and cafeteria workers, and then 13,000 Minnesota National Guard members also face furloughs, remaining on active duty without pay."
• KMSP-TV: "The lights are out at St. Paul's Mississippi River Visitor Center as the National Park Service went dark during this government shutdown. Its employees are among about 750,000 furloughed across the country…"
• KIMT-TV: "[A]s part of the shutdown union members in the TSA, federal prison security and Social Security are all currently working without pay, while members in the National Parks service are furloughed."
• WDIO-TV: "Due to the federal government shutdown, the Minnesota National Guard will be initiating the process of an orderly shutdown. Essential personnel and active-duty members will continue working, while full-time staff members are furloughed."
• MinnPost: Low-income Minnesotans likely to be the first to feel impact of government shutdown
• KSTP-TV: Minnesota National Guard members not getting paid during government shutdown

Nevada

• Reno Gazette: "Air travel continues during a shutdown… But workers don't get paid during the shutdown, which can lead to delays when workers don't show up for shifts."
• KVVU-TV: "The Small Business Administration says the shutdown is stopping an estimated 320 small businesses from accessing $170 million in SBA-guaranteed funding. Officials say only programs deemed essential for protecting life and property will be operational. Programs that will close include loans and grant services. Those include federal loans to small businesses under the SBA."
• KRXI-TV: "Military personnel will continue their duties without pay until Congress passes a continuing resolution or appropriations are signed into law. Civilian personnel not involved in essential activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status. The War Department has provided documents to assist its workforce during the government shutdown."
• The Nevada Independent: "Nevadans should brace for potential delays to air travel and reduced access to national parks."
• KSNV-TV: Las Vegas locals and tourists voice frustration over ongoing government shutdown
• KSNV-TV: Nevada Conservation League warns shutdown could harm outdoor industry
• KSNV-TV: Government shutdown puts Nevadans' health, education, and recreation on hold
• KRNV-TV: Government shutdown impacts 22,000 federal workers in Nevada
• KOLO-TV: Nevadans express concerns amid Government shutdown
• KOLO-TV: Government shutdown threatens food stamps, jobs, national security

New Hampshire

• Portsmouth Herald: "During a government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal workers deemed nonessential are furloughed until funding is passed, meaning they won't work and won't be paid. In New Hampshire, there are 5,208 federal civilian employees."
• WMUR-TV: "New Hampshire officials said about 6,000 federal employees are working without pay… The 500 full-time military personnel, over 400 federal civilian employees - everyone came to work today and will work without pay."
• WMUR-TV: "Federal facilities like the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard are now in limbo, with essential workers forced to stay on the job without pay… Around 500 full-time soldiers and Airmen still need to report to work throughout the shutdown, but they will not be getting paid."
• New Hampshire Public Radio: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employees work without pay as shutdown begins

Nationwide

• KARK-TV (Little Rock, AR): Government shutdown impacts portions of Hot Springs National Park
• KHBS-TV (Fayetteville, AR): Arkansas lawmakers and union leaders warn of fallout from federal shutdown
• KMIR-TV (Palm Springs, CA): Government Shutdown Forces Palm Springs Social Security Offices to Turn Away Walk-In Visitors
• KQED-TV (San Francisco, CA): At Muir Woods, Tourists 'Heartbroken' Over National Park Closure During Shutdown
• KPCC Radio (Pasadena, CA): How the government shutdown is taking the wind out of the Huntington Beach airshow
• WITN-TV (Jacksonville, FL): Jacksonville Marine wife speaks out on impact of government shutdown
• WBBH-TV (Fort Myers, FL): Government shutdown affects federal services on Gulf Coast
• Island News (Honolulu, HI): Government shutdown may leave families hungry
• WLS-TV (Chicago, IL): Chicago tourists feeling effects of federal government shutdown: 'Wish they would do their job'
• Spectrum News (Louisville, KY): Critical care continues for veterans, but shutdown disrupts some services
• WFVX-TV (Bangor, ME): Government shutdown could have major impacts on Mainers
• The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA): Berkshire residents frustrated, confused by shutdown
• WJZ-TV (Baltimore, MD): Marylanders receiving federal assistance could be impacted by government shutdown
• WLOX-TV (Biloxi, MS): Government shutdown to impact some VA services
• KCTV-TV (Kansas City, MO): Government shutdown impacts local federal workers and could affect vital program
• KCTV-TV (Kansas City, MO): Government shutdown threatens food access in Kansas City
• KSHB 41 (Kansas City, MO): Government shutdown impacts Kansas City nonprofits, SNAP & WIC recipients
• Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM): New Mexico begins to feel impact of shutdown as popular national parks close
• WCBS-TV (New York, NY): Government shutdown could lead to more travel headaches at NYC-area airports, Port Authority says
• Hudson Valley Post (Poughkeepsie, NY): New York Families Plunge Into Chaos As Shutdown Fallout Explodes
• News12 (Long Island, NY): Gov't shutdown threatens food access for Long Island's most vulnerable
• WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC): Government shutdown could impact Blue Ridge tourism
• WCNC-TV (Charlotte, NC): 140,000 NC workers to miss paychecks as federal government shutdown begins
• WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC): Federal shutdown will affect some NC schools, officials monitoring possible impact on meals
• Spectrum News (Cleveland, OH): Government shutdown may impact Ohio National Guard pay
• WTAE-TV (Pittsburgh, PA): Visitors left disappointed as shutdown impacts Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• KYW-TV (Philadelphia, PA): Government shutdown causes issues for tourists visiting historical sites in Philadelphia
• York Dispatch (York, PA): Federal shutdown could take problems caused by Pa. budget impasse from 'bad to worse'
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA): Tourists in Philly feel the shutdown impacts: Closed sites, unanswered phones, confusing updates
• KEYE-TV (Austin, TX): Government shutdown threatens Austin airport operations, travelers brace for delays
• KCEN-TV (Temple, TX): Central Texas agencies brace as federal shutdown threatens housing, social services
• KBTX-TV (Bryan, TX): Federal shutdown could threaten nutrition aid for Brazos Valley residents
• KSTU-TV (Salt Lake City, Utah): Amid shutdown uncertainty, many Utah employees continue to work without pay
• WDBJ-TV (Roanoke, VA): Government shutdown raises concerns for Virginia's economy, airports and parks
• Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA): Canceled concerts to unstaffed parks: Va. feels the shutdown
• WUSA-TV (Arlington, VA): Government shutdown sparks recession fears in DC region
• WUSA-TV (Arlington, VA): Food banks prepare for increased demand during government shutdown as hunger crisis concerns grow
• Washington State Standard (Olympia, WA): WA's nutrition program for babies and mothers is at risk during federal shutdown
• KXLY Radio (Spokane, WA): Federal shutdown threatens nutrition program for 212,000 Washington families
• WITI-TV (Milwaukee, WI): Wisconsin workers see furloughs, frustration
• Axios: WIC and SNAP benefits at risk for millions if shutdown continues
• Breitbart: Major Associations Highlight Democrat-Led Shutdown Would Hurt Everyday Americans
• CNBC: Treasury Secretary Bessent says U.S. GDP could take a hit from the government shutdown
• Fox Business: Airlines warn government shutdown could disrupt flights, strain aviation system
• Fox News: White House memo says Democrats' plan could spend $200B on healthcare for illegal immigrants
• Fox News: Democrats risk flood insurance lapse in their shutdown fight, home builders and White House warn
• NBC News: WIC food assistance program for moms and children could run out of funds if shutdown persists
• Newsweek: DC's Struggling Housing Market Faces 'Direct Impact' of Shutdown
• NPR: The federal shutdown puts nutrition aid for millions of new parents at risk
• Politico: Congress just created a new reason to worry about air travel
• Politico: US to lose $15B in GDP each week of a shutdown, White House memo says
• RealClearPolitics: WH to Dems: Shutdown Threatens WIC Benefits for Mothers, Children
• Reuters: FAA plans to furlough 11,000 employees in US government shutdown
• Reuters: US government shutdown threatens food-aid program for low-income Americans
• The Hill: Veteran groups warn Congress against shutdown: 'Resist the pull of political brinkmanship'
• The Daily Wire: Democrat-Led Shutdown Will Put Law Enforcement 'Lives On The Line' Without Pay, Top Orgs Warn
• The Daily Wire: Popular Health Program Will Expire If Senate Dems Force Government Shutdown, White House Warns
• The Washington Post: Shutdown guts U.S. cybersecurity agency at perilous time
• U.S. Travel Association: $1 Billion Lost Every Week: Impact of a Government Shutdown on Travel
• USA TODAY: Millions of seniors could lose access to telehealth and in-home care during shutdown