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We are waiting to hear from house speaker john boehner. he s going to be talking about the budget, if there s any deal. but right now we want to head to washington and our washington bureau and tom foreman. he s actually at the cnn shutdown desk to tell us what else closes, stops or slows down if the government shuts down. hi, tom. how you doing? this really is a question that everybody has. what s going to be the difference if you have this big shutdown. the government shutdown, who s affected. an estimated 800,000 federal workers could be furloughed. u.s. troops wouldn t be paid on time. processing of paper tax returns and refunds will stop. passport applications would go at a slower pace. national parks and museums would close. the park service actually says if you re camping in a park they re going to come tell you to pack up and get out. approval of small business loans will stop at the sba. no new fha loans. ....
Let s see how much money we can save shut down for a little while. it wouldn t and bad idea for a lot of these politicians to take a week s pay and give it to the government. we re getting lots of feedback from cnn i-reporters as the clock ticks down towards a government shutdown. right now let s look at the medical impact for that, we ll turn to our tom foreman, he joins us from the shutdown desk in washington. tom, we know scientists are involved in critical medical research. what happens if the government does shut down? is a day or two not a big deal but a week or more obviously more complicated? you know, as we ve been saying all along, it depends on who you are. if you re in the middle of one of these things it is a big deal. if you re mott in the mfur you one, it may not be. at the national institute of health, no new clinical trials. seven were scheduled to start next week, several dealing with children. nih has 640 clinical trials which study a new drug or ....