One thing for Democrats considering the affect of a possible authorities shutdown ought to be mindful is that DOGE cuts, whereas essentially the most publicized a part of Workforce Trump’s agenda for disrupting the federal authorities and decreasing its dimension, is just one half.
There’s additionally the Reductions-in-Power of as much as 700,000 federal staff that Trump initiated by govt order final month that can go public this very day with company plans to fireplace employees. There are the plans to impound (i.e., refuse to spend] appropriated funds that’s Russ Vought’s favourite child, as my colleague simply famous beneath. There are back-up plans to advertise congressionally endorsed rescissions (i.e., clawbacks) of beforehand appropriated funds. There are, much more clearly, the cuts in appropriations included within the supposedly “clear” CR earlier than the Senate.
And never far down the highway are the large future cuts that might be mandated within the “one large, stunning” funds reconciliation invoice, principally to pay for Trump’s tax lower guarantees. For Democrats and for public staff, it’s like standing on a seashore and seeing wave after wave after wave of tsunami waters approaching. The courts could cease or diminish one or two or three, however there’s at all times one other one on the best way. On this context a authorities shutdown might be simply one other supply of ache.
