Posted on 11/19/2020 3:10:13 AM PST by 11th_VA
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday he couldn't "guarantee" the federal government would avoid a shutdown in December.
While he did not rule out a shutdown, Meadows said both parties were trying to reach an agreement to finance government agencies and keep them open.
"Obviously, we want to keep the government funded," Meadows said, according to a Capitol Hill pool report. He called it "a high priority."
The Trump administration and Congress must approve a dozen spending bills to fund most government agencies by December 11, and those negotiations are ongoing. Both parties are still attempting to bridge divisions over public-health funding and childcare, among other issues...
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Let it shut. Most including the free loaders are working aginst us.
SHUT IT DOWN! Just shut it the hell down.
If Trump prevails in the courts, there is no reason to shut it down. If Biden is coming in, it should be scorched earth.
AAAAAARGH.
There will NOT be a shutdown.
Fedzilla NEVER shuts down.
What will happen is that a few folks will end up getting a paid vacation vacation at the expense of and inconvenience to the people they purport to serve.
It should be shut down regardless.
Every friggin year, every friggin funding period it is always the same. Shut it all down until congress does it right.
Heck the entire federal government is working from home anyway, essentially been shut down for months.
AAAAAAARGH.
There is NO SUCH THING as a SHUTDOWN.
Fedzilla NEVER shuts down.
The vast majority of Fedzilla will keep running merrily along.
The only bits shut down will those that can be used to send a message to the public they purport to serve to shut up and cough up. Or else.
Second time was the charm.
I feel better now.
Let most federal agencies expire...Biden can spend the next three years re-constituting them...
Trump will figure out a way to keep Fed.gov running efficiently with out them
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