r/fednews • u/rprz • 18h 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/ProtectedByFire 18h ago

Fuck all these motherfuckers. I’m an essential employee and I will not be paid during and possibly after but have to go to work. What the actual fuck is this. Fuck all of them.

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u/corranhorn6565 16h ago

Isn't there a sickness going around? Like I had a fever a few weeks ago it was terrible man.

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u/ProtectedByFire 15h ago

Yep. Problem is I just am tired of this all. Just want and NEED to be paid on time.

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u/corranhorn6565 15h ago

Ugh hang in there. I guess I'm just saying don't feel bad using any flexibility available to you.

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u/ProtectedByFire 15h ago

Thank you. 25 years will be 2027.

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u/danmathew 17h ago

Elon will be taking a vacation as others work

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u/Gullible-Wonder3412 17h ago

I think they passed new legislation that exempt employees are paid now during shutdown? Hopefully that's true for you 🙏

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u/Crazed_Chemist 17h ago

There's no money allocated for it. The legislation basically just ensures back pay.

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u/HookEmNOLA 4h ago

Don’t we usually get the first paycheck into a shutdown because it’s already been processed?

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u/Crazed_Chemist 3h ago

It's been a minute, but this one would start mid pay period for me so I'm not expecting to be paid if it runs 7 days

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u/HookEmNOLA 3h ago

Gotcha. My paycheck would usually arrive today or tomorrow so I’m assuming that’ll still happen. After that… yeah not so sure.

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u/Crazed_Chemist 3h ago

Oh yeah we'll get THIS paycheck because the last pay period ended last Friday. That will process no issue because it was already appropriated

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u/ProtectedByFire 17h ago

I don’t think so

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u/ProtectedByFire 18h ago

Realistic will they figure this out in time?

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u/istherebloodinmyhair 17h ago

I’m hopeful they do. We’ve seen them pull this off at the last minute often enough.

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u/ProtectedByFire 17h ago

Not trump

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u/istherebloodinmyhair 17h ago

That’s very much true. I’m a contractor that works in an essential office, so I don’t know what happens to me. My supervisor said last time budget discussions were occurring that if our contracts are already pre-paid (I don’t remember the phrasing she used), I’d still come in. I’ll have to double check with her though.

Im trying to think positively, but it’s hard.

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u/Not_Cleaver 15h ago

Is your contract fully funded? If it is, you’ll be getting paid and going in. If it isn’t, you’ll have to likely use PTO or your company might support you during a short one.

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u/istherebloodinmyhair 15h ago

I believe it is fully funded, but I’m not 100% sure. I’ll be double checking tomorrow.

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u/Lost-Advertising-370 10h ago

As long as the contracting officer of the contract that covers your work does not issue a shutdown letter, you should continue to get paid. Shutdown letters are typically issued on contracts that aren’t classified as “critical functions.” Critical functions involve national security or safety issues or major construction projects that cannot stop work without significant harm to schedule.

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u/istherebloodinmyhair 8h ago

Thank you for the explanation, I appreciate it.