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Vance warns ‘deeper’ cuts ahead for federal workers as shutdown enters 12th day
AP News ^ | Updated 4:05 PM CDT, October 12, 2025 | STEVE PEOPLES

Posted on 10/12/2025 2:33:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said there will be deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on, adding to the uncertainty facing hundreds of thousands who are already furloughed without pay amid the stubborn stalemate in Congress.

Vance warned that as the federal shutdown entered its 12th day, the new cuts would be “painful,” even as he said the Trump administration worked to ensure that the military is paid this week and some services would be preserved for low-income Americans, including food assistance.

Still, hundreds of thousands of government workers have been furloughed in recent days and, in a court filing on Friday, the Office of Management and Budget said well over 4,000 federal employees would soon be fired in conjunction with the shutdown. The effects of the shutdown also grew Sunday with the Smithsonian announcing its museums, research centers and the National Zoo are temporarily closed going forward for lack of funding.

“The longer this goes on, the deeper the cuts are going to be,” Vance said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “To be clear, some of these cuts are going to be painful. This is not a situation that we relish. This is not something that we’re looking forward to, but the Democrats have dealt us a pretty difficult set of cards.”

Labor unions have already filed a lawsuit to stop the aggressive move by President Donald Trump ’s budget office, which goes far beyond what usually happens in a government shutdown, further inflaming tensions between the Republicans who control Congress and the Democratic minority.

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1 posted on 10/12/2025 2:33:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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[Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said there will be deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on]

Excellent!


2 posted on 10/12/2025 2:38:47 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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Vance warns ‘deeper’ cuts ahead for federal workers as shutdown enters 12th day

Libs heads are exploding all over the place!

3 posted on 10/12/2025 2:54:10 PM PDT by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP))
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In 2020 California's Assembly Bill 5 wiped out tens of thousands of independent contractor i.e. gig economy, jobs and I remember ZERO sob stories in the press about the damage done to workers, families, single moms, blah, blah, blah, and these were people who had no health benefits, retirement, etc.

I have ZERO F's to give about these people.

4 posted on 10/12/2025 3:08:36 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: SaveFerris

how insane do the Democrats have to be to set a minimum deadline for re-opening the Federal government to be AFTER their giant anti-Trump rally in DC: “No Kings Day”?


5 posted on 10/12/2025 3:56:49 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: catnipman
The Democrats don't even know which bathroom to use.

The Democrats don't know that a man in a dress 👗🥻 IS NOT A WOMAN

How can we expect them to figure out anything else? 😄😆🤣🤣🤣😂




Democrats are at War
with Reality, Biology
and Almighty God



6 posted on 10/12/2025 4:49:22 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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goes far beyond what usually happens

Yeah, sorta like with the border.

7 posted on 10/12/2025 5:21:36 PM PDT by fruser1
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I think I’ll have those beers I’ve been saving to celebrate.


8 posted on 10/12/2025 5:47:46 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower.)
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