What happens to Social Security payments in a government shutdown
If the federal government shuts down Sunday, numerous publicly funded agencies will stop work and their employees won't be paid, but Social Security checks will still go out.
If the federal government shuts down Sunday, numerous publicly funded agencies will stop work and their employees won't be paid, but Social Security checks will still go out.
Social Security is considered a mandatory program, and it isn't funded by the shorter-term appropriations bills passed by Congress and signed by the president. That means its operations and funding don't stop when the government shuts down.
That's important for a large proportion of Americans, as about 67 million people receive monthly Social Security benefits, according to the Social Security Administration. Those benefits go primarily to retirees but also to people with disabilities, as well as dependents of deceased beneficiaries.
Medicare and Veterans Affairs benefits also continue to be distributed during a shutdown.
Federal workers’ pay at risk in potential government shutdownSept. 25, 202303:58The federal government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. ET Sunday if Congress does not pass a bill to provide more funding. The GOP has a narrow majority in the House, and a group of hard-line conservatives is holding out from the rest of Republicans and demanding deep cuts in government spending.
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