What a shutdown could mean for holiday travel and social security, AP Explains

(20 Dec 2024)
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Houston - 19 December 2024
1. TSA workers on duty
2. Travelers in airport

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Columbia, South Carolina - 20 December 2024
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press:
“With a federal government shutdown looming, here are the top three things that will be affected if the government shuts down.”

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Houston - 19 December 2024
4. Travelers moving through TSA line

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Columbia, South Carolina - 20 December 2024
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press:
“Number one: TSA. While agents will still be manning security checkpoints at airports across the country, they won't be getting paid until Congress passes a new bill to fund the federal government.”

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Washington - 27 March 2008
6. STILL of Pentagon from above

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Washington 11 September 2024
7. STILL of American flag draped over Pentagon

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Columbia, South Carolina - 20 December 2024
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press:
“Number two: Civilian employees in agencies like the Department of Defense. While military troops will still remain at their assigned duty stations during a shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of civilian employees from the Pentagon will be sent home.”

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ARCHIVE: Yosemite National Park, California - 23 January 2019
9. Electric billboard at Yosemite reads: Government Shutdown. Limited Services.”
10. Yosemite National Park sign

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Columbia, South Carolina - 20 December 2024
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press:
“Number three: National parks across the country will close. Sometimes that's not as big of a deal during the cold winter months. But for anyone traveling, they won't be able to visit a lot of these places across the U.S.”

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ARCHIVE: Yosemite National Park, California - 23 January 2019
12. Visitor walks up to scenic overlook

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Columbia, South Carolina - 20 December 2024
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press:
“Now, here are three things that are likely not to be affected during a federal government shutdown.”

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Philadelphia - 11 February 2005
14. STILL of social security check
15. STILL of roll of social security checks

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Columbia, South Carolina - 20 December 2024
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press:
“Number one: Social Security and Medicare recipients will continue to get their benefits during a shutdown, but it's possible that applications for new benefits will not be processed.”

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Washington - 10 December 2024
17. Sign outside the FBI building

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Columbia, South Carolina - 20 December 2024
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press:
“Number two: Federal law enforcement agents like with the FBI and Border Patrol will stay on the job during a shutdown. That's because their jobs are considered critical to national security.”

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Washington - 10 December 2024
19. Wide of FBI building

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Columbia, South Carolina - 20 December 2024
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press:
“Number three: The United States Postal Service will be unaffected during a shutdown. That's because it's considered a separate agency with its own funding.”

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ARCHIVE: New York - 28 April 2022
21. Various of USPS trucks

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Columbia, South Carolina - 20 December 2024

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Washington - 20 December 2024


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