Virginia stood to be the third most affected state when the federal government shutdown at midnight Friday.
According to a report released Monday by the personal finance website WalletHub, the commonwealth is tied with Washington, D.C., and Maryland for having the largest share of federal contract dollars per capita. It also ranks fourth for its share of federal jobs, 14th for real estate as part of its gross state product, 15th for national park access and 25th for the percentage of children in the Children’s Health Insurance Program, WalletHub said.
The Virginia Railway Express, which many Fredericksburg-area commuters take to government jobs in Northern Virginia and Washington, stayed on its regular schedule Monday. But if Congress didn’t pass a stopgap funding measure and ridership had fallen, VRE would have considered shifting to its holiday schedule, spokeswoman Lucy Gaddis said.
