White House budget office tells agencies to draft mass firing plans...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) 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 law.
46% : That would be a much more aggressive step than in previous shutdowns, when federal workers not deemed essential were furloughed but returned to their jobs once Congress approved government spending.
45% : A reduction in force would not only lay off employees but eliminate their positions, which would trigger yet another massive upheaval in a federal workforce that has already faced major rounds of cuts this year due to efforts from the Department of Government Efficiency and elsewhere in the Trump administration.

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