The government’s closure is approaching a week, and lawmakers seem to be not approaching funding agreements.
Watch the Smithsonian “Giant Panda Cam” amid government shutdown
The Smithsonian National Zoo still runs live broadcasts of many animals despite the federal government shutdown.
The government is the sixth day of its closure on Monday, and lawmakers don’t appear to be close to agreements with federal agencies on reopening services.
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump continued to blame Democrats for failing to reach fundraising contracts, and nurtured topics during the event to honor 250th October 5th, the US Navy Memorial Day in Norfolk, Virginia. The two-term Republican even assured them that service members who are currently working without paying would receive a check immediately and promise a “full” salary increase.
In Capitol Hill, minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) accused Republicans of shutting down the government rather than supporting healthcare for “hard-working American taxpayers.” As a condition of the much-needed Senate vote to fund the federal government, Democrats are asking Republicans to expand their Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Salaries have been suspended for approximately 2 million federal workers, with about 750,000 workers remaining following the progress of fundraising that began at the start of the new article year on October 1. Other tasks, such as the military and air traffic controllers, considered essential to public safety and national security, are still needed to work without wages.
According to the Public Services Partnership, the Trump administration has already reduced the federal workforce to more than 200,000 employees with more than 200,000 employees.
Attention will return to the Senate on October 6th as it was closed to enter the second week soon. Voters are expected again with the bill to reopen the government, but both measures could fail in a lack of compromise. The house is currently on a break until October 14th.
Jeffries challenges Johnson to speakers and closes floor debate to the House
Democrat House leader Hakeem Jeffries challenged House Speaker Mike Johnson to debate about government closures on the House floor.
” Given the urgency of the moment and the Republicans’ refusal to negotiate bipartisan agreements, debates on the House floor provide the people of America the transparency they deserve.” “It also gives the opportunity to explain my path and highway approach to shutting down governments when democratic votes are needed to resolve the impasse that exists.”
The House is resting this week after Johnson postponed his next vote until October 13th. The move had the effect of leaving the Senate a law that House Republicans have already passed to reopen the government until November 21st. -Bart Jansen
White House posts Jeffries Sombrero videos as shutdown drags
The White House has launched the week by trolling Democrats again, posting an apparently AI-generated video of Haquem Jeffries, a House minority leader wearing a sombrero that Democrats blew up as “racist.”
“The beginning of another week of the Democratic closure,” the White House wrote on social media when sharing the October 6 video.
The video shows Jeffries playing Mexican sombrero hat, mustache and Mariachi music in the background as Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, stands next to him.
“There’s no way to sugar coat, there’s no one more Democrats like,” says Schumer’s fake voice.
After Jeffries called on an earlier version of video racist, Vice President JD Vance said Trump was just having fun. The White House played the video on October 1st in a loop in the Press Briefing Room.
“I think it’s funny how the president is making jokes,” Vance said. -Zac Anderson
Who do Americans blame for the government shutdown?
A CBS News/YouGov investigation shows that it has more denounced Trump and more Republicans in Congress for government shutdowns than Congressional Democrats.
Polls found that 39% of US adults believe Trump and the GOP are the most responsible, while 30% are more responsible for Democrats, with 31% both being equally responsible.
The majority – 52% – disapprove of how Trump and Republicans handle the closure, with 49% disapproving Democrats.
Only 23% believe the GOP position is worth shutting down, while 28% say Democrats’ demands are worth shutting down the government.
A survey of 2,441 adults was conducted between October 1st and October 3rd during the first three days of the closure. – Zach Anderson
Federal workers quickly miss their first pay
As government shutdowns continue, federal workers will begin to miss pay this week.
Private workers who receive the check electronically will be paid on October 10th, according to the General Services Bureau. According to Defense Finance and Accounting Services, the next salary date for military members is October 15th.
As workers become unpaid, pressure can be built to fund the government. -Zac Anderson
Trump has not been released on the October 6th schedule.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt is taking place at the 1pm media briefing.
The Senate is scheduled to vote again on October 6th at 5:30pm. However, it is unclear whether the outcome differs from the previous week’s series of failed votes.
Senate Republicans are trying to approve Republicans on the bill that approved the reopening of the government until at least November 21st. But so far, Senate Democrats have only three people in the effort, and five more will be needed to advance the bill.
Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican Sen. from Kentucky, voted against a bill aimed at reopening the government. – Bad Jansen
The Social Security Administration will continue to issue retirement and disability benefits, but it will hit 12% of staff and suspend marketing campaigns, according to agency closure plans.
Similarly, payments will continue under the Medicare and Medicaid health programs.
What are the economic impacts of government closures?
Congressional Research Services estimated that partial closures between 2018 and 2019 caused $3 billion in actual gross domestic product. Furthermore, consumer spending has decreased, affecting private businesses and profits.
The closure will delay the release of the employment report in September and other key economic data this month.
“Markets and policymakers were looking for evidence that the labor market was slowly cooling down or whether the slowdown was sharper than expected,” Bankrate senior economic analyst Mark Hamrick said in a statement to USA Today. “This fresh gap in knowledge is important at a time when clarity is most important.”
In most cases, no. Air passengers should be able to continue flights during partial government closures.
Workers screen at airport security checkpoints, give flight clearance and check in border control are considered essential, so they still need to work.
However, a group representing major US airlines warned that partial federal closures could strain American aviation and slow flights as air traffic controllers and security personnel are forced to work unpaid and other functions are halted.
Airline trading group airlines, including United, Delta, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines, have warned that funds will affect travelers, saying “the system will slow down and need to slow efficiency.”
