Shutdown: What you need to know (CNN)

Des cas précis de programmes coupés si on ne parvient pas à s'entendre sur le budget?

Which services would stop? During the last major shutdown, the government closed 368 National Park Service sites, along with national museums and monuments.

In addition, 200,000 passport applications went unprocessed and toxic waste cleanup work at 609 sites stopped. The National Institutes of Health stopped accepting new clinical research patients and services for veterans, including health care, were curtailed.

Work on bankruptcy cases could slow. In the last shutdown, more than 3,500 cases were delayed.

Which services would the government keep running? Agencies are allowed to perform any operations necessary for the safety of human life and protection of property.

The government would keep essential services -- such as air traffic control and the national security apparatus -- in full operating mode.

Federal workers who provide medical care on the job would be kept on, as would employees who handle hazardous waste, inspect food, patrol the borders, protect federal property, guard inmates or work in power distribution.

Workers who protect essential elements of the money and banking system would also report to work.

The Postal Service, which is self-funded, will continue to operate.

How many federal workers would be furloughed? The last time the federal government went dark was during the Clinton administration.

Some 800,000 workers were sent home during the first shutdown and 284,000 were sent home during the later shutdown.

Et ce n'est pas tout...

http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/04/news/economy/shutdown_faq/index.htm?cnn=yes