On October 14, local time, the U.S. federal government "stop" entered its 14th day, impact continuing to spread across the U.S. Crisis affected, part of the U.S. federal government functions stagnated, travel, education, culture, technology and even defense were affected, and some agencies even caused management chaos. That day, the White House Administration and Budget Office said that it would continue to cut federal agencies staff during the government "stop".
Multiple areas affected
Public services are in chaos
According to U.S. media reports on December 12, during the "stop" of the U.S. federal government, Hundreds of employees of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received wrong layoff notices on the evening of 10th, once fell into the dilemma of "being fired". However, the American Federation of Government Employees said that of the about 1,300 employees notified, about 700 have been reinstated, but about 600 have still been laid off.
Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said the cause of the incident was a technical error. A former employee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bluntly said that the incident was "purely management incompetence."
In addition, the American Smithsonian Society said that the Dozens of museums, research centers and national zoosAll from 12th. The government “stop” closing.。
It is also reported that the shortage of air traffic controllers in the United States continues to intensify, resulting in Flight delays are getting worse。On the 12th, nearly 8000 flights across the United States were delayed and more than 270 flights were cancelled.
Palmer, an employee of the Transportation Safety Bureau who was forced to take unpaid vacation, said that their morale is very low now. "We discussed that we had no money to refuel, we couldn't afford the childcare fee, and we couldn't afford the daily expenses, so we couldn't feed our children."
US Treasury Secretary Says "Shutdown" Will Affect Real Economy
U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said in a show on Fox Business Channel on the 13th that the situation is getting worse and worse, and this round of government "stop" has begun to affect the real economy, affecting people's lives.
Besent also claimed that in order to ensure the payment of military salaries, the federal government had to suspend payments to other federal employees and employees of service agencies.
The impasse continues.
The U.S. government is headed to the longest "stop" in history.
Due to severe opposition between Democracy and Republican parties in health insurance-related welfare spending, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a new provisional allocation bill before the end of the previous fiscal year on September 30, leading to the exhaustion of funds for the federal government to maintain normal operation, and "stopped" from October 1.
The "shutdown" is about to enter its third week. At a time when people's lives are seriously affected, the two parties are still refusing to give in to each other on core issues and are in a stalemate.
Johnson, Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on the 13th, This could become the longest-lasting government "shutdown" in American history, and handed the "blame" to the Democratic Party.
Johnson said,"We are heading towards the longest government shutdown in American history unless Democrats abandon partisan demands and pass a clean, no-strings-attached budget that reopens the government and pays federal workers."
Hachim Jeffries, the Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, said the government is currently in a "stopping state" because Trump and Republicans have refused and are not willing to provide healthcare to the U.S. working class.
Federal officials, including thousands of representative assistants, are expected to celebrate payday at the end of October, plus November 1 as the start of registration for health insurance programs that triggered the “stop-down”, both factors that will put pressure on both parties in Congress or help end the round of “stop-down”.
The last large-scale federal government “stop” occurred during Trump’s first presidential term from late 2018 to early 2019, lasting 35 days, the longest round to date in the United States.
Government layoffs begin one after another
Trump: Cut Democrats First
The White House recently announced that federal government layoffs have begun one after another. Documents from the U.S. Department of Justice show that there are expected to be committees including the Treasury, Commerce, Homeland Security, Education, etc. Seven federal agencies and more than 4,000 employees have received notice of dismissalThe U.S. government also said Democrats would be dismissed as a priority.
U.S. President and Republican Trump said that Democrats initiated the "shutdown", so they should be laid off first."Many people will be laid off."
U.S. Senator and Democrat mark kelly bluntly said "it's really ridiculous". Kelly said that there is no distinction between Democratic institutions and Republican institutions. Trump is once again trying to politicize the federal government in some way and artificially dividing "winners" and "losers", and these are ordinary people who have to support their families.
The Washington Post quoted analysts as saying that this is a kind of "chronic burning", and the longer it takes, the more serious it becomes. Families across the United States are now feeling the impact, The situation will get worse and the American people will feel more pain and lose more wages in the future.。
Some netizens criticized that the White House gang doesn't care about the people at the bottom, they themselves have money.
Some netizens sarcastically said: Even if there is a "shutdown", our government can still manage to raise enough American taxpayer funds to continue to provide billions of dollars to Israel. What an "America First"!