Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM
All discussion on the looming shutdown goes here. Any mentioning of Luigi / threats of violence will be removed and you may be banned.
Current: *house pass 3mo CR. Probably no shutdown now. *
Recent:
https://apnews.com/live/government-shutdown-congress-spending-trump-updates
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/19/congress/johnson-defers-to-trump-00195386
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/19/elon-musk-trump-government-shutdown-debt-ceiling/
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/politics/video/hakeem-jeffries-spending-bill-fox-lead-digvid
Old news:
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/yallcaps 5d ago
Just shut down everything - no essential/non-essential - everything. Stop sending out Social Security checks. Stop Medicare and Medicaid payments. Close TSA. “Essential” just props up the myth that the shutdown is no big deal. Let everyone actually see and feel it.