Millions of federal workers will be furloughed in a week’s time if no deal is struck with a group of Republicans who are demanding government spending cuts.
| The White House has directed federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded and avert politically and economically costly disruption of federal services.
“We got members working, and hopefully we’ll be able to move forward on Tuesday to pass these bills,” Mr McCarthy told reporters at the Capitol. “Our message is: This doesn’t have to happen,” she said. “They can do their job and keep these vital programs continuing, keeping the government open.” Late Thursday, the hard-right faction pushed Mr McCarthy to consider their idea to shelve plans for a stopgap funding measure, called a continuing resolution, or CR, and instead start bringing up the 12 individual bills needed to fund the government.
The last and longest shutdown on record was for 35 days during Mr Trump’s administration, between 2018 and 2019, as he insisted on funding to build a wall along the US southern border that Democrats and some Republicans refused.
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