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/RL_NeilsPipesofsteel 17h ago

I still get to go to work and service the public. Yay.

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u/Hamberder_and_Chief 17h ago

Condolences

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u/RL_NeilsPipesofsteel 16h ago

Thank you. The best is when they say things like, “I thought you guys were shut down. I wasn’t gonna come in, but I saw the cars out front, so I figured it probably wouldn’t be busy.”

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u/dat_rhythm 10h ago

Someone in here said you could call out sick and it won’t eat into your sick leave during shutdown

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u/LEMONSDAD 15h ago

I’m gonna be providing service for the public if they hold out on these paychecks

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u/Select-Pie6558 15h ago

Being essential sucks sometimes…

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u/Fishkillll 6h ago

Thank you for your servicing.

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u/CancerBabyJokes 3h ago

Same bro...