White House Budget Office Instructs Agencies to Prepare Layoff Plans Amid Possible Shutdown - Internewscast Journal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Both leaders have largely kept their Democratic members united in opposing the clear funding bill advocated by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans, which aims to extend federal operations for seven more weeks, insisting on immediate health care improvements in return for their support.
53% : This suggests a more drastic measure than previous shutdowns, where non-essential federal employees were furloughed but returned to work once Congress approved government funding.
50% : The memo noted that congressional Democrats are refusing to support a clean government funding bill "due to their partisan demands," which include an extension of enhanced health insurance subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, plus a reversal of Medicaid cuts that were included in Republicans' big tax and spending cuts law.
31% : Implementing a reduction in force would mean not just temporarily laying off employees but permanently ending their positions, causing further disruption in a federal workforce that has already experienced significant cuts this year due to initiatives by the Department of Government Efficiency and other parts of the Trump administration.

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