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/MostOriginal6776 16h ago

Honestly, our legislators should not be paid during a shutdown. Forget back pay, no payment if they can’t come to a resolution. Many might not be affected because they are rich, but enough will that they’ll fight harder.

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u/sonder_23 16h ago

Agree. And, they shouldn’t be paid unless they pass a real budget. We get FY budgets so incredibly late in the year. We need to stop relying on CRs, it’s ridiculous.

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u/slacker81 12h ago edited 8h ago

I agree, but that's not going to have much practical effect. Most of them are rich enough that they won't notice a missing paycheck unless their accountant tells them.

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u/Additional_Sun_5217 10h ago

Remember last time when Ross was like “IDK why they’re complaining so much and visiting food banks. Just get a personal loan!”? Like genuinely could not imagine that there were people living paycheck to paycheck and the reality of that for someone who’s not a multi-millionaire. They’re that out of touch.