The RIF rules were written for the idea that you’d never reach a 30-day period of zero budget. They never anticipated a Trump-like guy would arrive and do this.
My guess is that on day 30 (plus one)....they send out RIF notices to 100 DC employees to test the waters. Any federal judge attempting to stop it...will probably invoke ‘Full-scale-Trump’ and 5,000 RIF notices in a matter of seven days...basically telling the judges that these folks are gone and you can stall as much as you want but they won’t ever be able to return to their old job.
Nancy may think that the judges can prevent this but the RIF rules were custom-built to fit this type of situation. Thirty-plus days of furlough open the door. All judges can do is stall the end-result....making the idiot government worker think he can get a reprieve when the law says ‘no waiver’. All of this will fall back on Nancy and Chuck.
Brilliant!
This is going to get “entertaining”, at a minimum. Can you imagine the pressure on Chuck/Nancy when the mostly Dem government workers are getting RIF’d?
BTW .... this last sentence in a Trump tweet (12-27-18), in light of the op ed by the Senior Official & the approaching 30 days is interesting (I’m going to allow myself a ‘snicker’ here):
Have the Democrats finally realized that we desperately need Border Security and a Wall on the Southern Border. Need to stop Drugs, Human Trafficking,Gang Members & Criminals from coming into our Country. Do the Dems realize that most of the people not getting paid are Democrats?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1078260814157701121