U.S. national parks have been running on skeleton crews and dipping into their emergency funds to continue operations since the government shutdown began Oct. 1, impacting students and clubs across the 5Cs, including On the Loose (OTL), People of Color Outside and the 5C mountain biking club.
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5Cs remain mostly unscathed as government shutdown threatens research funding
A government shutdown began Oct. 1, threatening funding for future research proposals and initiatives.
OPINION: Democrats cannot bow to Trump in the government shutdown fight
The government faces yet another potential shutdown due to Republicans’ lack of willingness to negotiate over the next federal budget agreement in Congress. The Republicans’ spending proposal refuses to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, and President Trump is threatening to use the shutdown as an opportunity to fire more government employees, writes Nicholas Steinman CMC ‘28.