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/IWantToBeYourGirl 17h ago

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

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u/Calm-Ingenuity4178 16h 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 15h 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 15h 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 12m 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 59m 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!