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The FAA will furlough about a quarter of its staff, and over 60,000 TSA and air traffic controllers will work without pay.

A shutdown can cost the travel economy an estimated $1 billion per week due to disruptions and closures.

We're officially on day two of the , with President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats for failing to reach a funding agreement.

With the shutdown, all federal agencies and services that officials do not deem "essential" must stop working. Essential services include the U.S. Postal Service, Medicare and and air traffic control.

"Nonessential" work, however, must pause, which affects thousands of federal employees and millions of Americans. or were kept open with state assistance – but with reduced services, such as trash pickup.

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