{"id":1003386,"date":"2019-01-14T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T20:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003386"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:56","slug":"day-24-trump-shutdown-hurts-our-economy-forces-worker-to-ration-insulin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/day-24-trump-shutdown-hurts-our-economy-forces-worker-to-ration-insulin\/","title":{"rendered":"DAY 24: Trump Shutdown Hurts Our Economy, Forces Worker To Ration Insulin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">As the Trump Shutdown enters its record-breaking 24th day, the impacts continue to worsen. One federal worker, who missed her first paycheck, was forced to ration insulin. The Trump Shutdown is costing our economy billions of dollars and is creating problems for travelers at airports across the country. Here\u2019s the latest:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One federal worker was forced to ration insulin because of the Trump Shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/federal-worker-forced-ration-insulin-because-government-shutdown-n958066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/federal-worker-forced-ration-insulin-because-government-shutdown-n958066&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548773234745000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEc8WyUMAuRg4-CEtswTFW_1T7amA\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201cFederal worker forced to ration insulin because of government shutdown\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Trump Shutdown curtails infrastructure projects and food-processing inspections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/shutdown-pinches-economic-growth-11547423636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/shutdown-pinches-economic-growth-11547423636&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548773234745000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFGjD9-prcpDr2mxL-UWUOYu-naaw\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>: \u201cThe partial federal government shutdown that became the longest on record Sunday is curtailing infrastructure projects, food-processing inspections and economic data used by Wall Street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Trump Shutdown is costing billions of dollars in lost economic output.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/shutdown-pinches-economic-growth-11547423636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/shutdown-pinches-economic-growth-11547423636&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548773234745000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFGjD9-prcpDr2mxL-UWUOYu-naaw\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>: \u201cEconomists estimate the furlough of 380,000 federal workers\u2014meaning they take unpaid leave\u2014costs $1 billion to $2 billion a week in lost economic output.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Trump Shutdown is causing TSA staff shortages, making travel more difficult and less safe for Americans across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/01\/14\/government-shutdown-tsa-airports-lines-1081641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/01\/14\/government-shutdown-tsa-airports-lines-1081641&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548773234745000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG7t2KV7tIoeTsaHC1jy57ScqCW2g\">Politico<\/a>: &#8220;Dulles closes screening lanes, lines sprawl in Atlanta as shutdown strains air travel&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/business\/hartsfield-jackson-security-lines-more-than-hour-long-amid-shutdown\/n55XXPeW5zCTRLmiJU5t7I\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/business\/hartsfield-jackson-security-lines-more-than-hour-long-amid-shutdown\/n55XXPeW5zCTRLmiJU5t7I\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548773234745000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHjJAxZ72uAUtCyK-P5enyGkYFllA\">Atlanta Journal Constitution<\/a>: \u201cHartsfield-Jackson security lines more than an hour long amid federal shutdown\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/travel\/tsa-security-checkpoint-to-stay-closed-monday-morning-at-iah-\/5070041\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/abc13.com\/travel\/tsa-security-checkpoint-to-stay-closed-monday-morning-at-iah-\/5070041\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548773234745000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE7eUqvu_qjhJBYoiGbMcEblUvetA\">ABC 13<\/a>: \u201cTSA security checkpoint at Houston airport to remain closed Monday morning due to staffing shortage\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Trump Shutdown enters its record-breaking 24th day, the impacts continue to worsen. One federal worker, who missed her first paycheck, was forced to ration insulin. The Trump Shutdown is costing our economy billions of dollars and is creating problems for travelers at airports across the country. Here\u2019s the latest: &nbsp; One federal worker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DAY 24: Trump Shutdown Hurts Our Economy, Forces Worker To Ration Insulin - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/day-24-trump-shutdown-hurts-our-economy-forces-worker-to-ration-insulin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-14T20:35:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:10:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/day-24-trump-shutdown-hurts-our-economy-forces-worker-to-ration-insulin\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/day-24-trump-shutdown-hurts-our-economy-forces-worker-to-ration-insulin\/\",\"name\":\"DAY 24: Trump Shutdown Hurts Our Economy, Forces Worker To Ration Insulin - 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