Another government shutdown? This is what we know now
The federal government has been shut down again, how is it different from the past 20? This is what we know now.
WASHINGTON – The federal government closure entered its seventh day on Tuesday, October 7th.
But in a major change, President Donald Trump is now expressing his openness as one of the Democratic Party’s main policy demands.
“If we did the right deal, I would do it. That’s true,” Trump was asked by a reporter Monday if he was willing to do business with Democrats about expired Obamacare subsidies for low-income families.
Republican leaders in the White House and Congress have previously said they will not negotiate healthcare policies once governments reopen. But Trump said he began talking to Democrats about the subject.
“We’re negotiating with Democrats who could lead to good things,” Trump said. “And I’m talking about good things about healthcare.”
Johnson questioned the legality of Backpay, but stress workers should get it
Citing “a new legal analysis,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that some legal analysts believe federal workers have no right to pay. Federal workers hope to get their wages back, and President Trump told him he feels the same way.
– Zach Anderson
White House memo says some people are not entitled to repayment
As the federal government has hit thousands of workers amid the government shutdown, management officials say the White House draft memo says they have no right to pay off wages when employees return.
The threat of withholding salaries from federal workers raises the stakes of a showdown between Congressional Democrats, White House and Congressional Republicans, raising the stakes over funding to the government, but it is not clear whether the Trump administration will continue. Axios first reported on the White House draft memo.
The Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that 750,000 federal employees could be abandoned due to the closure. Their total daily pay is around $400 million.
The U.S. Office of Human Resources released a memo in September about the shutdown indicating workers will be paid.
“After the expenditure lapse ends, employees who need to perform the work that was excluded during the revocation will receive retroactive pay for those durations of work,” the OPM memo says.
The 2019 law signed by Trump says federal workers who are overthrown during the expiration of government funds will be “paid during the expiration period.” The law states that it applies to government funding lapses from December 22, 2018.
-Zac Anderson
Virginia Governor’s race is closure unfolding
President Donald Trump’s move to cut the federal government earlier this year has already been the focus of Virginia’s governor’s contest.
The old Dominion nation has more federal workers than most people. Democrats believe thousands more people are in favor, coupled with the ongoing government shutdown that began on October 1, coupled with the frustration that simmered in one go.
“Our money is pending. It’s painful,” says Chris Witter, 54, the stay-at-home father of two 16-year-old girls whose wife works for the federal government.
He condemns Republican closure and shows that the vote is most Americans agree.
The race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winn Therm Earl Sears was already a number of elections as the first national referendum on Trump’s agenda, but the closure sent the race overdrive.
– Philip M. Bailey
MTG, Obamacare’s “Not Fan” is seeking an extension of subsidies
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, a Trump supporter who calls Obamacare “not a fan,” has joined Democrats in pursuit of an extension of federal grants under the Affordable Care Act to lower the costs of health insurance. If the tax credit expires.
Senate Democrats have refused to reopen the government since October 1 by insisting on recovering cuts in Medicaid funding and extending Obamacare subsidies. Republicans who control Congress argue that Medicaid cuts will remove undocumented immigrants and force healthy citizens to work for Medicaid benefits. Green is not trying to restore Medicaid cuts.
Trump and GOP Congress leaders say the government can negotiate Obamacare subsidies before the government reopens and funds expire on December 31st.
“I’m ticking my lane,” said Green, who joined Congress in 2021, 10 years after lawmakers created Obamacare. “And I’m absolutely tired of double my health insurance premiums if the tax credit expires this year.”– Defeat Janssen
Trump did not identify Democrats, which are part of the debate. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer has rejected Trump’s claim that there are health care negotiations between the president and Democrats.
“Trump’s claims are not true, but if he’s finally ready to work with the Democrats, we’ll be at the table,” Schumer said in a statement.
The senator added, “If President Trump and the Republicans are ready to sit down and do something medical for American families, then Democrats are there — ready to do that.”
– Joey Garrison
Around 750,000 federal workers were placed in Fara during the closure, but President Donald Trump has not followed the warning of a massive layoff across federal workers.
The White House said last week that the layoffs were “immediate.” White House management and budget director Russell Vert told Republican lawmakers last Wednesday on October 1st that cuts would begin in “one or two.”
But so far, it’s all a threat and no action.
Trump said Monday that a massive layoff remains on the table. “That’s possible,” Trump said when asked if another defeat in the Republican Senate fundraising bill could lead to a layoff. “At some point it will be.”
– Joey Garrison
