Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler speaks during even in Georgia. (Alyssa Pointer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The government partially shut down early Wednesday morning after Senate lawmakers failed to reach a spending agreement in time for the end of fiscal year 2025. A short-term extension of fiscal year 2025 funding, aimed at keeping the government open through Nov. 21, passed the House earlier in September.
Republicans have since blamed Democrats for the shutdown, arguing they refused to fund the budget as an attempt to provide taxpayer-funded medical benefits for illegal immigrants through Democrat lawmakers' continuing resolution. Democrats, however, have cast the Republicans' claim as a "lie" from the Trump administration.
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The automatic response email from an SBA staffer continued that employees will quickly resume their duties once the shutdown ends, but that many services will remain unavailable until that time.
"As a result of the shutdown, we wanted to notify you that many of our services supporting small businesses are currently unavailable. The Agency is executing its Lapse Plan and as soon as the shutdown is over, we are prepared to immediately return to the record-breaking services we are providing under the leadership of the Trump Administration," the email continued.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Airport, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Morristown, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The SBA, led by former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler, also displays a bright red "Special Announcement" message on its website, warning: "Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill (H.R. 5371), leading to a government shutdown that is preventing the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) from serving America’s 36 million small businesses."
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"Every day that Senate Democrats continue to oppose a clean funding bill, they are stopping an estimated 320 small businesses from accessing $170 million in SBA-guaranteed funding," it added, similar to the auto response emails.
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