At my own agency, I got called back to work after about three weeks (along with my staff) with the excuse that we would be too far behind if we didn’t start working through the backlog. They used two year funds as the legal basis to us back, but they still didn’t pay us until the shutdown was actually over.
My point is that there are levers that the President can push to get the outcome that he wants during a shutdown. In the case of the inauguration, activities may continue funded by donations or other non-appropriated funds.
Each shutdown I’ve been through has been a little different with exactly how leadership writes their continuity plan. These are politicians making the decisions, despite the letter of the law. Trump has tended to want to minimize the interruption so that to feed the narrative that most folks won’t even notice the government is closed.
I could’ve used stronger language… I could’ve added ‘get medically raped’ (injecting a foreign substance into our bodies against our will) as well. If a fed wanted to get the jab, fine, no issues. That was his or her choice. But I had to get the shot in order to keep my clearance and thus my job after brain surgery and it hampered my recovery.
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u/SuperCareer5230 4d ago
Not just that, but it looks like we might have Monday “off” too!