SHUTDOWN PLANNING• Exempt from ordered closures:The military, the Department of Homeland Security, the office of the president, members of Congress, presidential appointees and specific judicial employees• Self-financed and remaining open:The Tennessee Valley Authority, the Federal Reserve and U.S. Postal Service• Industry financed:The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which is financed by the banking industry• Conditionally operatingThe National Weather Service is expected to monitor dangerous weather and issue warnings, but more mundane forecasts may not be produced.Federal court scheduling and court cases have two weeks of funding before they would be affected.Source: Web pages, news wires
On what is expected to be the first warm, sunny weekend of the tourist season and the official beginning of the Civil War’s 150th anniversary, the gates of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park may be closed.
A federal government shutdown is looming as lawmakers in both political parties scramble to reach a long-term funding compromise on the nation’s budget.
On Thursday, the region’s Republican U.S. House lawmakers voted to keep the government funded for one more week under a stopgap budget. It cuts $12 billion from the budget and also funds the Department of Defense through the end of this fiscal year.
President Barack Obama views the measure as unacceptable and has threatened to veto it.