No trips to Alcatraz but school lunch is still being served: How government shutdown would affect daily life as Senate prepares to vote tomorrow

• Government edges ever closer to a  shutdown – the first in 17 years
• Social Security and Medicare benefits  would continue to be paid and children would still receive free school lunches

By Associated Press

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School lunch will remain on the menu and you  can expect the mail to arrive – just don’t plan any weekend trips to museums or  state parks.

A new report today has taken a look at how services would or would not be  affected if Congress fails to reach an agreement averting a government  shutdown at midnight on Monday.