# Have you ever been personally affected by a federal government shutdown?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 1, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-personally-affected-by-a-federal-government-shutdown/1023572 "2025-10-01T17:00:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-personally-affected-by-a-federal-government-shutdown/1023572/121 "2025-11-08T22:14:37Z")

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I have several students on their way to a conference who are now stuck in far-away airports due to canceled flights.

I have multiple federal grants pending (that will determine the employment status of my lab people, as well as a large chunk of my salary) that will not be reviewed, as the review panels were canceled due to the shutdown. No idea when, or if, they will be reviewed.

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**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-personally-affected-by-a-federal-government-shutdown/1023572/122 "2025-11-09T16:28:05Z")

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That is disappointing that, as you wrote, federal grants are not reviewed. I think Spiceweasel mentioned that as well. I resent Congress for their inability to compromise that’s causing these problems. I write to my rep every week about it like others do but that isn’t quite enough of course.

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