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A government shutdown is likely as funding is set to lapse on September 30 with no agreement in sight.

Disagreements over healthcare costs, including Medicaid cuts and Obamacare subsidies, are the main points of contention.

Essential services like the U.S. Postal Service, Social Security, and air traffic control will continue, but employees will not be paid during the shutdown.

The first government shutdown in six and a half years is quickly approaching, and the White House is encouraging federal agencies to reflect during the pause.

In the past, when a government shutdown has occurred, nonessential federal workers have been temporarily furloughed, and essential workers have stayed on the job without pay while Congress resolves funding disputes and then votes t

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