Researchers, Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts
Two weeks into the government shutdown, higher education associations and researchers are experiencing harm due to the inability to contact federal agency workers or get new grants approved.
The U.S. government has been without a spending plan for two weeks, with Senate Democrats and Republicans at an impasse over health insurance subsidies and Medicaid funding cuts.
- Senate Democrats are demanding the extension of health insurance subsidies and reversal of Medicaid funding cuts.
- Senate Republicans are pushing a short-term funding bill that would reopen the government but not restore the funding.
- House Republicans are not in Washington to help work out a compromise.
No resolution is in sight, causing concern among congressional watchers in D.C.
Author's summary: Government shutdown affects researchers and colleges.