Sentences with phrase «coming during a government shutdown»

Budget experts say it's unlikely that Social Security and veterans checks would stop coming during a government shutdown.

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He is also planning to remain the voice of Starbucks» social impact efforts, like when he asked his employees to write «Come Together» on cups during the government shutdown in 2011 or his decision to offer full - and part - time employees tuition for a college education.

Seeing a loophole to be exploited between the loose language of the law and the clear intent, when it came time to shut down the government, furlough workers, and stop checks from being issued, they got a convenient legal ruling that said, yes, suspending their own pay is considered altering the pay of Congress (because the law didn't just say pay raises) during the same session, therefore, it is illegal for them not to collect their paychecks during a shutdown.

Basic lab operations came to a screeching halt for a host of projects attempting to make headway against blood cancer, pediatric cancers and HIV during the shutdown, with potential ripple effects as the government opens back up for business.