The federal government shutdown continues.

Congress and the White House couldn't reach a budget agreement.

So the government shut down at midnight as a new fiscal year began.

Democrats are demanding funding for health care subsidies that are expiring for millions of people under the Affordable Care Act.

It's expected that 750,000 government workers will end up furloughed.

President Donald Trump says he plans to fire some of them permanently.

So what does all this mean?

The shutdown, that is for Kentucky?

Here's more from our Jim Lefler.

Kentuckians can expect much to stay the same.

The mail will be delivered and workers can assist you at any local post office.

Seniors will still get their Social Security payments and veterans can access medical care at their VA hospitals and clinics with Fayette and Jefferson County students on Fall Break.

You might be wondering about travel plans at airports.

TSA agents and air traffic controllers are still on the job.

But America's major airlines said, quote, The system may need to slowed down.

Fliers may face longer lines and some closed checkpoints.

As for recreation, Kentucky is home to several national parks, including Mammoth Cave and Lincoln's birthplace.

Expect all welcoming and education centers to be closed.

But if you're camping out, especially if you already have any needed permits, open air areas of parks are still accessible.

Just remember, no one is picking up after you.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm June Leffler.

Thank you, John.

Here's a quote from Congressman Mark Morgan McGarvey, a Democrat from Kentucky's third district.

It says, quote, Republicans control the White House, the House and the Senate, and they're making it clear they would rather shut down the entire government than pass a budget that actually gives families a fair shake.

End of quote.

Now, this is from Republican Andy Barr of the sixth District.

He says, quote, House Republicans did our job.

We voted to keep the government open.

Democrats blocked it.

Chuck Schumer is shutting down the government to give taxpayer funded health care to illegal aliens, end quote.

Republican Thomas Massie of the fourth District says, quote, Both parties are ridiculous.

End quote.

He says the Republican budget isn't any different from President Biden's last budget.

U.S.

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky made a similar point last night on the Fox Business Channel.

The American people need to know that the debt problem is a bipartisan problem.

The current spending levels.

The irony is this It's going to be $2 trillion in debt, but it's the same spending levels that we had under Biden.

So every Democrat in the Senate voted for this in December of last year.

What they're opposing now is what they all have previously voted for.

And I don't think the full significance of that irony has come forward that they're voting against something they've all voted for previously.

US Senator Mitch McConnell said this, quote, I can't count the number of times I've had to remind Democrat colleagues that taking basic government functions hostage for Partizan demands never pays.

The shutdown won't end until Democrats relearned this lesson for the sake of the American people.

I hope they do so quickly and quote.