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Government Shutdown a 'Hindrance' for US Veterans: VA Secretary
The VA will keep 97% of its workforce active to maintain medical care and critical services during a shutdown, but some benefits and outreach programs will be suspended.
- On Wednesday, Oct. 1, the Department of Veterans Affairs will continue most operations, as the majority will operate without interruption if a government shutdown starts.
- Facing disagreement in Congress, congressional leaders failed to agree on 2026 funding as Republicans proposed extending funding through Nov. 21 while Democrats oppose it without health care policy changes.
- Department officials said 97% of the VA's more than 400,000 employees are fully funded or perform excepted functions, and VA Medical Centers, outpatient clinics, and Vet Centers will remain open.
- Burials at VA cemeteries will continue, but applications for pre-need burial and grounds maintenance or permanent headstones will stop, while VA public affairs and outreach will cease.
- Thousands of federal workers and contractors could be furloughed as a spending bill remains unfunded; Navy Federal Credit Union offered 0% APR loans, and Matt Freeman said, `We understand how unsettling...`; past federal shutdowns last about eight days on average.
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·Jackson, United States
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Government shutdown a 'hindrance' for US veterans: VA secretary
(NewsNation) — As a government shutdown began Wednesday, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins told NewsNation the pause will negatively affect many U.S. veterans. "Many of them work in the federal government. Many of them have services provided to them after they've gotten out through the federal government," Collins said on "Morning in America." "And this shutdown simply is going to be a hindrance into getting that help here at the VA." He c…
·Chicago, United States
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