What happens during a government shutdown?

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Social Security checks to seniors would continue to flow, and air travel wouldn’t be disrupted. But national parks could close, and federal agencies could be unable to conduct background searches for gun permit requests.

Those are among the many consequences of a government shutdown if an interim spending bill is not enacted by the end of Friday.

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