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Reference News Network reported on September 30 According to the German Weekly Mirror website on September 30, a meeting was held at the White House on 29 local time, at the time the U.S. government's funds were about to run out, with participants including President Donald Trump, Vice President Wans, Senate Majority Leader John Thun, House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Minority Leader Hachim Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

After the much-anticipated meeting, people were generally disappointed. Vice President Wences said: ¡°I think we are moving toward a government shutdown because the Democrats refuse to do the right thing. I hope they change their minds, but we look forward.¡±

Chuck Schumer said, ¡°There are still huge differences,¡± adding that they had ¡°clear and open discussions¡± with the president.

Starting October 1, the U.S. federal budget will be out of place and most federal agencies may be paralyzed. Last week, Senate opposition Democrats vetoed an interim budget draft hastily adopted by the Republican-led House of Representatives, which aims to prevent government agencies from shutting down.

The last time the United States avoided a government shutdown was in March. This time, the opposition is demanding concessions in areas such as ensuring medical benefits for the poorer people. Otherwise, premiums for millions of people will rise rapidly, and many Americans could lose their health insurance. (Compiled/Jiao Yu)

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The Trump administration will hit "most in history": more than 100,000 on Tuesday or collectively "off"

The U.S. government is moving towards a shutdown

September 30 is likely to be the historic moment of the U.S. government¡¯s largest ¡°departure boom¡± in history.

As the "shutdown" crisis intensifies, more than 100,000 federal employees may be forced to leave their jobs under the Trump administration's layoffs.

Fear and threat have no choice.

The U.S. federal government's fiscal year 2025 ends on September 30. Congress must pass a new expenditure agreement or appropriation bill on the 30th, otherwise the government will shut down from 0: 00 on October 1st.

At present, the Republican and * parties are still tug-of-war and have not yet broken the deadlock.

The White House has previously called on federal agencies to draft large-scale cuts and initiate large-scale cuts if the two parties do not agree. The plan is also seen as part of the ¡°delayed resignation plan,¡± meaning that more than 100,000 federal employees may be asked to leave their jobs as early as September 30.

Some federal employees confess that for months, they have been entangled by fear and threats, which leaves them with no choice but to leave government positions.

An elderly employee of the U.S. Federal Emergency Administration said: ¡°Federal officials stay for a mission, they choose to leave when a mission is deprived, when they become a sheep for sin, when work is no longer stable, and even when only a little work and life balance is taken.¡±

After the Trump administration took office in January this year, it threw out a ¡°delayed resignation plan¡± to federal employees, aiming to save federal spending by significant cuts.

Under the plan, if a resignation proposal is accepted before February 6, you can continue to receive a salary until September 30.

With about 2.3 million civilian employees in the U.S. federal government, the Trump administration¡¯s ¡°delayed resignation plan¡± applies to most employees, but does not include military personnel, members of the U.S. Postal Office, and positions related to immigration law enforcement and national security.

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14.8 billion wasted or 28 billion saved?

According to the report released by Senate Democrats in July, the total cost of the "delayed resignation plan" is as high as $14.8 billion, and about 200,000 employees can receive eight months of full salary and benefits during administrative leave.

But the White House insisted that the plan would not incur additional costs, as employees would receive wages regardless of whether or not there is a cuts plan, and stressed that this is the largest and most effective human resource reduction plan in history, saving the government $28 billion a year.

The White House said approximately 27,50,000 federal employees are expected to leave government posts through delayed resignations, voluntary departure, staff loss and early retirement arrangements.

At the moment, the job market is weak, with the unemployment rate rising to 4.3% in August, a new high since 2021, and only 22,000 new jobs added last month due to Trump¡¯s tariff policies.

Trade unions such as the American Federation of Government Employees have filed a lawsuit against the "delayed resignation plan", accusing the plan of bypassing congressional authorization, undermining the statutory functions of government agencies, and using dismissal as a threat tool.