White House warns of mass firings across government if there is a shutdown: report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : However, an OMB official told Politico that Social Security, Medicare, veterans benefits, military operations, law enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and air traffic control will go uninterrupted.
47% : The plans would further reduce the federal workforce, which earlier this year was subject to sweeping cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency.
43% : "Programs that did not benefit from an infusion of mandatory appropriations will bear the brunt of a shutdown," the memo warned.
34% : On Wednesday, hours after Democratic leaders Senator Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said that Trump had agreed to meet with them in the Oval Office, the president appeared to change course, saying he was refusing to meet with the pair.
27% : "Donald Trump just cancelled a high stakes meeting in the Oval Office with myself and Leader Schumer," Jeffries wrote.

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