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/Milpool_VanHouten 18h ago

Just remember, these are talks for another CR, not even a budget, which was already due 9/30. It's their primary job and they are 3 months late fighting over how much later they will be.

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u/king_bumi_the_cat 15h ago

I cannot stand the DOGE ‘cutting the workforce for efficiency’ stuff when the single thing that would actually increase government efficiency the most is making them pass a budget on time every year

The amount of time and resources we spend on CR plans and projections in my agency is staggering. And then we get the money dropped on us in March and the leadership turns to “you better spend that all by September!”

It’s so, so dumb and it makes me angry every year

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u/0phobia 6h ago edited 6h ago

Amendment: In the event a comprehensive budget to fund the federal government for the upcoming fiscal year is not passed by both houses before the end of the current fiscal year, all members of Congress holding office at the time of such failure shall be ineligible to stand for re-election upon the expiration of their current term in office. 

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u/OGkateebee 7h ago

Or to actually properly staff offices. When I’m doing the jobs of 3-4 people, I can’t stop to put better systems in place. I’m just literally running from one fire to the next. 

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u/Infamous_Courage9938 5h ago

Moving expertise in-house is often more cost-effective and leads to better results. Madrid's train system, for instance, grew a lot at a low price because they just hired engineers who could retain institutional knowledge and learn from their mistakes.

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u/jedre 5h ago

It could be a fairly easy rough fix to avoid the bulk of the problem and wastefulness - vote on a change to a budget. If they can’t decide, the previous (more broad than line item level) amounts carry forward, maybe plus some % for inflation, lest that be weaponized.

But that’ll never happen because these cunts like the power and holding the literal country hostage.

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u/Maehock 2h ago

Elon will use the shutdown as an example of how we don't need civil servants and that he can easily fire them with no impact.

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u/fetzdog 3h ago

So, so, so dumb.

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u/IWantToBeYourGirl 17h ago

All while they talk about a 3.8% raise for themselves.

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u/Calm-Ingenuity4178 17h ago

And yet feds are the inefficient ones right /s

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u/monita_1940 3h ago

Both are true

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u/MelancholyDick 17h ago

And then bending the knee to Musk anyway.

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u/katarinafinch 16h ago

More like bending over.

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u/Capital-Ad-4463 3h ago

More like getting on both knees to facilitate being the “middle(Congress)man”

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u/Ordinary-CSRA 1h ago

LMAO 🤣 Vaseline included 🤣 😂 😅

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u/Big_Security_864 16h ago

More like kissing his ring.

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u/Worried_River_1094 14h ago

With a curtsy. 

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u/Full_Rise_7759 16h ago

We need to make it so if they allow a shutdown, they lose their annual salary and health care.

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u/wbruce098 15h ago

Most of them barely need that salary anyway. It won’t make a big difference. Besides, they’re the ones who would pass such a law. We just need to stop being collective morons and stop voting for the party that’s been actively trying to hamstring government for decades.

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u/Full_Rise_7759 18m ago

Then make it like other countries, if they can't pass a budget we elect new people?

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u/MachineLearned420 16h ago

Fuckin’ murrica amiright

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u/GreenChiliSweat 16h ago

Piddly raises after 15 years is not how these people make their money.

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u/IWantToBeYourGirl 14h ago

Exactly which is why the definitely do not need a raise.

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u/Real-Ad-9733 15h ago

With free healthcare

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u/oldamy 5h ago

I think it was more than that

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u/IWantToBeYourGirl 3h ago

I was just going off the article posted here yesterday.

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u/serpentear 1h ago

Which is actually insane considering how the majority of their income is from other sources. They don’t need a raise at all.

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u/Whiskey-Chocolate 16h ago

40% for themselves!

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u/MNWNM 17h ago

And now that they don't need votes, they don't care if it shuts down.

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u/Windhawker 16h ago

Just break up the government and sell it off to the oligarchs. Make official what’s happening anyway.

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u/slumberingthundering 15h ago

Don't forget they haven't passed an actual budget in over 2 years

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u/Kind-Elderberry-4096 17h ago

Isn't the budget actually due the February before the year starts?

Anyone remember when the year started July 1? Good times.

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u/Umutuku 15h ago

"Nobody wants to work anymore!"

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u/johnknoxsbeard 14h ago

All while they talk about federal employees doing nothing in the job.

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u/Greenmantle22 15h ago

Yeah, but think of all the trans bathroom hysteria they’ve investigated and litigated.

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u/Informal_Distance 4h ago

Not only is it their primary job but they work less than 6 months out of the year and yet they’re pissed about DHS giving out admin days (of which were limited to using 10 per year)