US government shuts down

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2 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

 

A shutdown, however, doesn't mean every federally funded agency, program and service will grind to a halt. Whoever works for agencies and departments that are considered nonessential, including agencies that pay out small business loans and process passport requests, will cease to work until Congress is able to agree on a bill for the federal budget.

The employees in these departments would be placed on "furlough." In previous shutdowns, everyone who stayed home was paid retroactively after an agreement was reached in Washington.

At the peak of the 2013 government shutdown, about 850,000 employees were furloughed per day, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

http://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/17/politics/what-happens-government-shutdown-explainer-congress-budget/index.html

 

Who's affected by the government shutdown?

700,000 undocumented immigrants who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will be affected, as there's currently no fix in place ahead of the March 5 deadline

9 million children who are under the Children's Health Insurance Program -- whose parents usually earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford private health coverage -- will have less certainty about the future of their health care

About 1.3 million active-duty military will be expected to work potentially without pay. The military is currently paid through February 1.

In the 2013 government shutdown, about 850,000government employees were furloughed each day -- and there could be a similar number this time around

1.87 million civilian government workers could be exemptfrom furlough -- including the workers at the Transportation Security Administration and food safety inspectors, border patrol officers and federal prison guards

Up to 417 national park sites could be closed, though the Trump administration is going to "try to allow limited access wherever possible," Interior Department spokeswoman Heather Swift told CNN

19 Smithsonian museums could be closed

CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to include the District of Columbia's more recent protocol for services during a government shutdown, which includes trash pickup.

http://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/19/politics/congress-shutdown-government-funding-who-is-affected/index.html

OMG I completly forgot about The implications of this on DACA and CHIP recipients. 

This is a mess

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At least this time they couldn't compromise on something that will actually harm innocent Americans. I don't blame the Democrats, because I know they tried.

It's better (but still bad) than Republicans pointlessly trying to block Obamacare, which actively DID help millions of Americans. Republicans have literally no moral compass if it doesn't suit them financially or with their power  

Unfortunately, Republicans and right wing media will frame this as the Evil Democrats holding our government hostage over some "immigrants" as people's true motivations come out. Trump admitting to basically not wanting immigrants here because hes literally just a racist in the last few days (years really, sorry if yall don't pay attention) for example  

Democrats will get the hate as media scrambles to scream "Government shutdown!" and scare people  Meanwhile this happened just a few years ago and no one batted an eye (except the millions of affected Americans then too  ) Because it'll be framed as "Save some immigrants? Or save THE GOVERNMENT and then misinformed fools will be like "obviously the government"?

It's already happening on social media

Oh well, Dems tried to do the moral thing  

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4 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

 

A shutdown, however, doesn't mean every federally funded agency, program and service will grind to a halt. Whoever works for agencies and departments that are considered nonessential, including agencies that pay out small business loans and process passport requests, will cease to work until Congress is able to agree on a bill for the federal budget.

The employees in these departments would be placed on "furlough." In previous shutdowns, everyone who stayed home was paid retroactively after an agreement was reached in Washington.

At the peak of the 2013 government shutdown, about 850,000 employees were furloughed per day, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

http://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/17/politics/what-happens-government-shutdown-explainer-congress-budget/index.html

 

Who's affected by the government shutdown?

700,000 undocumented immigrants who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will be affected, as there's currently no fix in place ahead of the March 5 deadline

9 million children who are under the Children's Health Insurance Program -- whose parents usually earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford private health coverage -- will have less certainty about the future of their health care

About 1.3 million active-duty military will be expected to work potentially without pay. The military is currently paid through February 1.

In the 2013 government shutdown, about 850,000government employees were furloughed each day -- and there could be a similar number this time around

1.87 million civilian government workers could be exemptfrom furlough -- including the workers at the Transportation Security Administration and food safety inspectors, border patrol officers and federal prison guards

Up to 417 national park sites could be closed, though the Trump administration is going to "try to allow limited access wherever possible," Interior Department spokeswoman Heather Swift told CNN

19 Smithsonian museums could be closed

CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to include the District of Columbia's more recent protocol for services during a government shutdown, which includes trash pickup.

http://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/19/politics/congress-shutdown-government-funding-who-is-affected/index.html

FML my passport is gonna expire and so will my drivers license...

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17 minutes ago, SiliconeMonster said:

Honestly is this worse than the government working right now? 

Can they shut down Trump's twitter account while they're at it?

 

18 minutes ago, seXXX dreams said:

is trump over yet 

This also happened under the Obama Administration. It’s not just because of Trump.

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2 minutes ago, LePetitMonstr said:

OMG I completly forgot about The implications of this on DACA and CHIP recipients. 

This is a mess

 

Just now, LateToCult said:

FML my passport is gonna expire and so will my drivers license...

 

Let's hope it won't last for a long time. Last time it was lasted for 16 days.

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15 minutes ago, ItsTommyBitch said:

At least this time they couldn't compromise on something that will actually harm innocent Americans. I don't blame the Democrats, because I know they tried.

It's better (but still bad) than Republicans pointlessly trying to block Obamacare, which actively DID help millions of Americans. Republicans have literally no moral compass if it doesn't suit them financially or with their power  

Unfortunately, Republicans and right wing media will frame this as the Evil Democrats holding our government hostage over some "immigrants" as people's true motivations come out. Trump admitting to basically not wanting immigrants here because hes literally just a racist in the last few days (years really, sorry if yall don't pay attention) for example  

Democrats will get the hate as media scrambles to scream "Government shutdown!" and scare people  Meanwhile this happened just a few years ago and no one batted an eye (except the millions of affected Americans then too  ) Because it'll be framed as "Save some immigrants? Or save THE GOVERNMENT and then misinformed fools will be like "obviously the government"?

It's already happening on social media

Oh well, Dems tried to do the moral thing  

Oh - many people took notice of the shutdown in 2013. I can assure you that

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22 minutes ago, LePetitMonstr said:

Also can we admire how GENIUS our founding fathers were. The fact that states are capable of functioning without the federal government is brilliant. 

See, the difference now is that we have a “stable genius” in The White House. 

Spoiler

 

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20 minutes ago, ItsTommyBitch said:

At least this time they couldn't compromise on something that will actually harm innocent Americans. I don't blame the Democrats, because I know they tried.

It's better (but still bad) than Republicans pointlessly trying to block Obamacare, which actively DID help millions of Americans. Republicans have literally no moral compass if it doesn't suit them financially or with their power  

Unfortunately, Republicans and right wing media will frame this as the Evil Democrats holding our government hostage over some "immigrants" as people's true motivations come out. Trump admitting to basically not wanting immigrants here because hes literally just a racist in the last few days (years really, sorry if yall don't pay attention) for example  

Democrats will get the hate as media scrambles to scream "Government shutdown!" and scare people  Meanwhile this happened just a few years ago and no one batted an eye (except the millions of affected Americans then too  ) Because it'll be framed as "Save some immigrants? Or save THE GOVERNMENT and then misinformed fools will be like "obviously the government"?

It's already happening on social media

Oh well, Dems tried to do the moral thing  

I don't understand why democrats aren't bringing up the fact the senate GOP couldn't even get all of their own members to vote yes, so how could something like this be squarely blamed on them?

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10 minutes ago, Redstreak said:

I don't understand why democrats aren't bringing up the fact the senate GOP couldn't even get all of their own members to vote yes, so how could something like this be squarely blamed on them?

Schumer pointed that out in his speech. 

This is everyone’s fault. Especially Trump’s. I remember a few days ago there was a bipartisan bill ready and he destroyed any chances of that with his tweets. He is a disgrace. 

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15 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

Schumer pointed that out in his speech. 

This is everyone’s fault. Especially Trump’s. I remember a few days ago there was a bipartisan bill ready and he destroyed any chances of that with his tweets. He is a disgrace. 

trump should be spanked 

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Happy 1 year anniversary of Trump everyone! 

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1 hour ago, Rumours1977 said:

See, the difference now is that we have a “stable genius” in The White House. 

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He knows the best words 

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2 hours ago, Alexander Levi said:

 

This also happened under the Obama Administration. It’s not just because of Trump.

Nobody suggested that. We're just sad the shutdown doesn't affect Trump and his going away would've been better. But despite the inconveniences, yeah the person has a point: a non functional government at least can't f things up.

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2 hours ago, LateToCult said:

Is anyone else getting major ARTPOP vibes? Cuz you know, when this happened in 2013 that was Gaga’s latest work 

Could this be a potential rumor? Are we seeing a pattern here sis? 

 

In any case this is actually horrible.. for one reason.. The military.. The military is considered an essential branch, they will be required to work during the shut down.. Currently the military branches are paid until Feb 1st. If a bill is not passed before then they will be required to work without pay.