The United States Government has grounded to a halt following the decision of opposition, the Democrats to not agree to a proposed budget presented by the Republican government to be used for the next fiscal year scheduled to start today, October 1.
Reports indicate that the shutdown emerges as the first in six years. The situation leaves some important federal dealings apart from social security and medicare benefits in the US at risk of failing.
The effects on the country as a whole are yet to unfold as Congress point fingers at each other for the extreme resort.
Budget confrontations are said to be common in US politics, however, this spending fight is especially tense because Trump has spent the last nine months drastically cutting the size of the national government.
President Trump has suggested that the present impasse could give him an opportunity to do more of this as the two sides of Congress argue on what must be added to the budget and what must be cut out of it.
Democrats are pushing for an extension of subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, the reversal of proposed Medicaid cuts, and assurances that President Trump will not influence government spending decisions without congressional approval.
Since no deal was made by the deadline on September 30, a lot of government workers are being told to stay home, and many services people rely on will pause until Congress arrive at a consensus.
