As shutdown ripples through Georgia, voters consider who to blame

"With national park visitor centers locked and hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed, Republicans and Democrats say voters should hold the other side responsible for the fallout. But in Georgia, some are focused less on who's to blame than how long the shutdown will last. The last shutdown dragged on for 35 days from Dec. 2018 to Jan. 2019."

"He said it is not clear yet if his organization will be seeing a small uptick in need or something more catastrophic if the shutdown continues for weeks. Waide said the food bank will do what it can to help families. But if funding runs dry for federal food aid programs such as Women Infants and Children, or WIC, the nonprofit cannot meet the full need for some necessities like baby formula."

Federal operations shut down for a third day, with national park visitor centers closed and hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed. In Georgia, attention centers on how long the shutdown will last after a prior 35-day shutdown in 2018–2019. TSA workers at Atlanta's airport previously worked without pay during the last prolonged shutdown. Atlanta Community Food Bank reported mass food distributions and long lines, and warned that nonprofit capacity cannot fully replace federal food aid programs such as WIC if funding lapses. The CDC's Atlanta campus faces furloughs amid prior job cuts, security incidents, and threatened mass layoffs, prompting union concern.

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