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Trump Threatens Years-long Shutdown, National Emergency If He Doesn’t Get Wall Funding

'Our income has stopped': shutdown leaves workers stressed and struggling
More than 800,000 across the US are affected by the impasse, with some on unpaid leave and others working without pay

Millions face delayed tax refunds, cuts to food stamps as White House scrambles to deal with shutdown’s consequences
Food stamps for 38 million low-income Americans would face severe reductions and more than $140 billion in tax refunds are at risk of being frozen or delayed if the government shutdown stretches into February, widespread disruptions that threaten to hurt the economy.

Government shutdown puts income tax refunds in limbo
"It's a huge deal," Gundersdorff said. "A lot of people do have a lot of money sitting on the table, and they will not get that money anytime soon."

Millions of Americans use tax withholdings in their paychecks as a sort of savings account, filing their taxes early in the year and anticipating a nice refund before spring.

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), a top House conservative who had cheered Trump’s approach in the political confrontation, said he was unaware that there would be any impact on SNAP benefits, convinced this money was automatically appropriated by Congress.

“Food stamps go on regardless,” he said.
This is not the case, however, according to several senior administration officials.

While federal workers go without pay, senior Trump administration officials are poised to get $10,000 raises

Senate Republican leader McConnell (R) says Senate will not consider legislation expected to be introduced by House Democrats to end shutdown

Government shutdown 2018: All 18 previous government shutdowns, explained

Shutdown 18: October 1 to 17, 2013
Why: Ted Cruz, basically. While House Republicans, led by Boehner, had pressured the White House into agreeing to lower levels of discretionary spending, and conservatives in the House led by Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA) demanded that any funding bill delay implementation of Obamacare by a year. It was set to roll out the following year, and conservatives, most vocally led by Cruz and Heritage Action, were desperate to stop it before it gained beneficiaries who could defend it politically. Enough House conservatives got on board with the plan to make it impossible to pass a continuing resolution, and the government shut down.

After 17 days, Boehner folded and passed a funding bill that did not defund Obamacare and that most of his caucus opposed. Roughly 850,000 workers, or about 40 percent of the federal workforce, were furloughed.

Irony of shutdown over border funding — it affects the department of homeland security too
One irony of having a shutdown over border funding — the shutdown affects the department of homeland security, too, so border patrol agents are working without pay. And the shutdown is showing signs of straining the country’s immigration system as immigration judges are furloughed.

Trump Threatens To Continue Government Shutdown For ‘Months Or Even Years’

Thousands of people are at risk of losing their homes because Team Trump didn't realize a critical HUD program expired on January 1.
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