Washington • With Congress and the White House unable to strike a compromise on a new budget, large parts of the federal government will shutter in what could be a long, and costly, impasse.
Some 800,000 federal workers will be affected with half of them being told to stay home and the other half forced to work without pay until a new spending plan is approved.
While some government services will continue to operate because they were already funded or are seen as essential — Social Security checks will be processed, for example — the closures could still affect Utahns and the other Americans even over the holiday season.