Summary
- House Speaker Mike Johnson urges Senate Democrats to end shutdown.
- Calls shutdown “most costly, selfish, and dangerous political stunt.”
- Shutdown in its 20th day, affecting most federal government functions.
Johnson refocused that although the shutdowns in 1995 and 2018 lasted longer, they were only partial and only impacted specific civil departments. On the other hand, he said that the ongoing impasse has resulted in nearly all civil functions going without backing, with far reaching goods.
"Since the Democrats recklessly shut down the United States government, the Democrats are making some very costly history here. Don't lose that in all that's happening. This is now the third-longest shutdown in history,"
Johnson told reporters on day 20 of the shutdown.
Johnson's protestation of a" clean" measure to renew the government is queried by Democrats. They point to Republicans' failure to reinstate health care subventions as defense for rejecting the resolution measure, which would have averted millions of Americans from having to abstain or pay extravagant decorations for insurance.
Democrats suggested a former continuing resolution in March, but they issued a warning that they would not bounce back on it again this fall unless the health care subventions were renewed. They claim that Republicans refused to indeed talk about essential health care subventions in the months that followed.
"This is everything. And it's also important for us to note this is the first time in history that any party has had the audacity to shut down the government over a totally clean, nonpartisan continuing resolution,”
he said, referring to a bill to continue funding the government.
"This is a political stunt, and it's the first time it's been done. It is the most costly, most selfish, most dangerous political stunt in the history of the United States Congress,"
he said.
Johnson's protestation of a" clean" measure to renew the government is queried by Egalitarians. They point to Republicans' failure to reinstate health care subventions as defense for rejecting the resolution measure, which would have averted millions of Americans from having to abstain or pay extravagant decorations for insurance.
Democrats suggested a former continuing resolution in March, but they issued a warning that they would not bounce back on it again this fall unless the health care subventions were renewed. They claim that Republicans refused to indeed talk about the pivotal health care subventions in the months that followed.
The Senate will meet again on Monday for its eleventh vote on whether to move forward with a plan that was passed by the House that would finance the government and end the current shutdown.
How the shutdown is affecting federal employee pay and furloughs?
The government shutdown has significantly affected civil workers, with over 700,000 civil workers furloughed and multitudinous others working without pay during this period.
Roughly 1.4 million civil workers are on overdue leave or continuing to work without compensation. This includes active- duty service labor force, National Guard members, and reserve labor force.
Furloughed workers are temporarily not working, but under the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, they're entitled to retroactive pay once backing is restored. Those working without pay, frequently in critical places similar to air business regulators and law enforcement, continue duties with delayed compensation.