White House threatens layoffs -- not furloughs -- if the government shuts down

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought attends a cabinet meeting with President Trump at the White House on July 8, 2025.
52% : But in the Senate, where 60 votes are required to pass the bill, Democrats have insisted on adding a number of measures, including subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance premiums.
44% : It's the latest push by President Trump's budget director, Russell Vought, to aggressively cut government programs created and funded by Congress, including foreign aid, spending on electric vehicle charging stations, and funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
32% : " Congressional Democrats are under intense pressure from their voters to stand up to Trump after they provided the votes to pass a six-month spending bill in March.
24% : In 2018, Trump refused to sign a bipartisan stopgap government funding bill because it didn't include funding for his border wall, sparking a 35-day shutdown, the longest on record.
14% : At the time, Schumer said that a shutdown would give Trump the power to pick and choose what departments and agencies to reopen.
6% : Democratic leaders had been set to sit down with Trump on Thursday to talk about the issues, but Trump canceled the meeting, saying Democrats were making "unserious and ridiculous demands.

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