The U.S. is headed toward a government shutdown when the clock strikes 12:01 a.m. on Sunday if funding legislation isn’t passed this weekend by Congress and signed into law by the president. But elected officials here in Alaska say they already have plans in the works to minimize the impacts of a potential shutdown.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The U.S. is headed toward a government shutdown when the clock strikes 12:01 a.m. on Sunday if funding legislation isn’t passed this weekend by Congress and signed into law by the president.
During a 2019 shutdown, Sullivan noted all branches of the military except the U.S. Coast Guard were paid, which the senator deemed “an outrage.” “Our Armed Forces should not have to deal with political disruptions interfering with their paycheck or ability to engage their mission of keeping Americans safe,” Sullivan said.
“So yeah, on that kind of stuff, I was enormously frustrated and I will keep trying to bring my bill to the floor and get it passed the way it was passed unanimously in 2013 to make sure our military members get paid because they’re still going to have to defend our country,” Sullivan said. “I certainly hope my democratic colleagues don’t block it again when I try to bring it to the floor later in the week.”Gov.
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