US EditionGovernment Shutdown Day 16: Funding Bill Fails 10th Vote
Senate Republicans fail to secure 60 votes for the 10th time as Democrats insist on extending health insurance tax credits to end the 16-day government shutdown.
- On Thursday the U.S. Senate once again rejected a House-passed GOP measure to reopen the government as Day 16 of the government shutdown underscored the stalemate.
- With filibuster math in play, Senate Republicans need 60 votes to advance legislation, while Senate Democrats insist on extending Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
- Vote totals reveal that the House-passed reopening measure failed 51-45 with four Senate abstentions, while a procedural bill funding the Defense Department with more than $800 billion also failed earlier this week.
- More than 750,000 federal civil servants have been furloughed with many paychecks frozen, while active-duty military personnel received Oct.15 paychecks but face uncertainty for the Oct.31 upcoming payroll.
- OMB has instructed agencies to plan mass layoffs from programs with discretionary funding expired on Oct. 1, while a federal judge blocked about 4,000 layoffs and President Donald Trump plans cuts list on Oct. 17.
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Vendors starting to take shutdown-related austerity measures
The anxiety level among federal contractors is starting to rise as the partial government shutdown enters its third week. With lawmakers still far apart in how to at least temporarily fund the government, some contractors are implementing “austerity measures” to help reduce the impact on their bottom line. Leidos, for example, has asked all indirect employees — those not directly related to a contract like bid and proposal managers, public affai…
The closure of the government will last until next week because the senators will leave the Capitol and no more votes are expected until Monday. The House remains closed.
By Morgan Rimmer, Adam Cancryn, Donald Judd and Elise Hammond, CNN The government shutdown will extend into next week as senators leave the Capitol, and no further votes are expected until Monday. The House remains closed. The Senate held no votes last Monday, due to a government holiday, and has no votes scheduled for Friday or the weekend. Lawmakers failed to advance the GOP funding bill for the 10th time on Thursday.
The Senate Tries Another Approach to Fund the Government – and Fails
The Senate voted on the short-term government funding bill for a 10th time on Thursday, and for a 10th time, it didn’t pass.So Senate Majority Leader John Thune, for the first time since the government shutdown began, changed course and tried to bring an appropriations bill to the floor. That didn’t work either.Democrats blocked a regular defense appropriations bill from coming to consideration that would eventually pay the military and fund som…
Day 16: McDonald Rivet Started the Shutdown, Stopped Paychecks
Sixteen days. That’s how long Democrats have kept the government closed and wanted to keep the people who defend this country unpaid. Republicans voted to protect those paychecks; Democrats voted to block them. “President Trump made sure our troops got paid even when Democrats tried to stop it. That’s the difference between leadership and lip service.” – NRCC Spokesman Zach Bannon The post Day 16: McDonald Rivet Started the Shutdown, Stopped Pay…
For the tenth time in a row, the Democrats in the U.S. Senate reject a proposed transitional budget for Republicans, extending the shutdown in the U.S.
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