In a shutdown, national parks close, most routine food inspections are suspended, paperwork slows at government offices and many federal employees are furloughed.
Only emergency and essential items are able to operate, as a result of which lakhs of government employees shall not receive their salary for the shutdown duration.
As US Congress was drafting 2014 fiscal year's budget, differences emerged between the Republicans and the Democrats over ‘Affordable Care Act' or commonly known as ‘Obamacare', the flagship healthcare programme of President Barack Obama. In USA, a financial year commences from October and ends with September.
