What immediate impacts could we see due to a government shutdown?

TOLEDO, Ohio —

The clock is ticking for Congress to avoid a federal shutdown. If Congress does not pass a funding plan by midnight, a shutdown will start.

Democrats and Republicans are at odds with how to fund the government, specifically when it comes to expiring health care subsidies.

"Th e nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated, I think, close to 10 million Americans will lose their healthcare without these subsidies," said Nicole Kalaf-Hughes, a political science professor at Bowling Green State University.

Kalaf-Hughes said this shutdown is different from previous ones because President Donald Trump has said he will furlough and fire federal workers.

Local agencies have been making sure they're prepared if the shutdown happens.

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