By Adam Bass
masslive.com
(TNS)
The White House’s budget office is warning agencies to prepare for mass layoffs if the government shuts down, according to Politico.
A memo drafted by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and obtained by Politico orders agencies to look for programs whose funds will run out if Congress does not provide funding for the federal government by Sept. 30.
If the government is not funded by 12:01 a.m., Oct. 1, it will shut down.
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The memo reads that the identified programs should be targeted for large reductions, which could force the permanent loss of jobs that the office deems “not consistent” with President Donald Trump’s priorities, according to the memo.
During a government shutdown, federal employees work without pay and some are even at risk of being furloughed. National parks and national museums are also closed during a shutdown.
Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been unable to agree on legislation that would prevent such an event. Trump and congressional Republicans have pushed for a short-term funding extension for the federal government known as a continuing resolution (CR). The House of Representatives passed a CR on Sept. 19 to keep the government open until Nov. 21 but the Senate did not approve the bill.
Democrats in the Senate have demanded concessions, most notably an extension of the enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act coverage, to approve a budget bill, according to CNN.
Both parties blame each other for any impending shutdown, CNN reports.
“Donald Trump has been firing federal workers since day one—not to govern, but to scare,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, said in a statement Wednesday evening. “This is nothing new and has nothing to do with funding the government. These unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring the workers back, just like they did as recently as today.”
We remain hopeful that Democrats in Congress will not trigger a shutdown and the steps outlined above will not be necessary,” the OMB wrote in their shutdown memo.
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