US govt shutdown: What if it happens?

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 29, 2023 12:39 am

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States is heading toward a government shutdown this weekend with no foreseeable way out of a deadlock in Congress over hard-line Republican calls for deep spending cuts.

The new US fiscal year begins on October 1, but sharp disagreements in the Republican Party over the scale of federal debt has prevented passage of the bills needed to keep the government funded and open.

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