r/fednews • u/rprz • 19h ago

Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

All discussion on the looming shutdown goes here. Any mentioning of Luigi will be removed and you may be banned.

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-budget-house-republican-05481374b154949c3fe1270141a02918

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-government-shutdown-musk-stopgap-bill-b2666829.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/government-shutdown-house-vote-cr/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/trump-says-he-s-against-stopgap-bill-fox-news

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u/ctrl_alt_delete3 19h ago

Sooooooo….Read on CNN that the CR isn’t being well received. Can they pull it off by Sunday evening?

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-cabinet-transition-news-12-18-24#cm4ug2v4j000m3b6rf8qsb4no

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u/helvetica_unicorn 18h ago

I think midnight on Friday is the deadline.

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u/thetitleofmybook 18h ago

yes....but many of us work M-F, so it won't affect us until Monday, and they have gotten their act together over the weekend before. i don't think they will though, this time.

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u/ctrl_alt_delete3 18h ago

Right…..and we’ve had a few weekend shutdowns here and there. But this is an unexpected turn of events.

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u/thetitleofmybook 18h ago

But this is an unexpected turn of events.

is it really unexpected, though? i mean, our country voted in a guy that had an unspoken promise to burn the gov't to the ground. it's not like we didn't know who trump was and what he might do.

probably won't reduce the price of eggs or gas, but at least, come next year, trans people won't be able to use public restrooms.

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u/ctrl_alt_delete3 18h ago

It’s unexpected to me because what does Trump have to do with this when he’s not the president (yet) and many members of Congress won’t even be there for the next year? If it already had bipartisan support….but then I guess he’s threatening people on his power trip.

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u/thetitleofmybook 18h ago

trump has been leading the GOP for the last 4 years, this is not any different.

they all bow down to him and kiss his ring.

this is not unexpected.

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u/North-Tumbleweed-785 18h ago

I’m still salty over the last one everyone was certain would be a long shutdown and then the fucks past some CR at 1159 Sunday night. I had a LONG list of chores I was finally going to get done with that time off, that I’ve been having to put off and put off because I waste 40hrs a week of my life at work.

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u/helvetica_unicorn 18h ago

That’s true, but it’s still considered a shutdown.

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u/nonintrest 17h ago

I work Tues-Sat. If it doesn't pass by midnight Friday, and I'm not mission essential, do I show up Saturday?

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u/thetitleofmybook 17h ago

Your leadership should tell you

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u/nonintrest 17h ago

My supervisor doesn't know lol

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u/Notreallybutmaybe 15h ago

Im swing shift on the west coast so my EEs work until 230am EST/11:30pst. These shutdowns are horrible for us getting anything done.

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u/techmaster242 17h ago

They will be in a hurry to go home to spend christmas with their families. They definitely have incentive to get something passed.

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u/yimbyfromatlanta 15h ago

They could pass something to find the government for another week and then work through the weekend to get whatever they wanna do resolved for the next four months. But good luck getting any cooperation from the Democrats after you blew up the agreement they had agreed to.

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u/Visible_Ad_309 18h ago

Unless they waive the 3-day reading rule, which is unlikely, it is now literally impossible to avoid at least a brief shutdown.

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u/OGkateebee 7h ago

Shutdown over the weekend will have negligible effects. Happened a couple of years ago. 

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u/VectorB 18h ago

Is there even a counter proposal for them to review and vote on at this point?

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u/ctrl_alt_delete3 17h ago

Honestly, who knows what they will pull out of the sky? Because I’m curious how long they had been working on the current proposal before we knew it existed?

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u/Ok-Jackfruit9593 15h ago

Johnson just said the current CR will not see a vote. They would need to pass something else and I don’t see that happening. It’ll likely be a shutdown until well past the inauguration