{"id":22018,"date":"2013-10-07T10:26:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T14:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=22018"},"modified":"2013-10-07T10:26:10","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T14:26:10","slug":"amtrak-funds-at-risk-in-extended-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/amtrak-funds-at-risk-in-extended-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak funds at risk in extended shutdown","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Amtrak, the U.S. intercity passenger railroad, may have trouble staying on track, literally, if a U.S. government shutdown is prolonged for a month or more.<\/p>\n
The Washington-based railroad, which has never made money, gets 12 percent of its operating budget and most capital and debt-service funding from U.S. appropriations funneled through the Transportation Department. Some are scheduled to be paid quarterly while others are reimbursements, all of which have been cut off for now.<\/p>\n