The National Zoo and some of your favorite Smithsonian museums will close Oct. 1 if there is a government shutdown.
D.C. courts and services such as the public defender’s office would also close, since those offices are funded by the federal government.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton told WTOP during federal government shutdowns.
“This is a city. We don’t have anything to do with these congressional matters. And we should be treated as a city that is not involved in congressional issues that are causing the shutdown,” she said.
Norton has been able to that kept the D.C. government and services from completely shutting down during past federal shutdowns, but this bill would cement that exemption instead of renegotiating and including provisions in bills each year.
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The Department of Defense is also set to close this time. There was a deal reached during the last government shutdown that kept the agency open.
With 12 spending bills that haven’t passed yet, the impending government shutdown may affect more government institutions and services than the last government shutdown in 2019.
