The Office of Budget and Management plans mass firings beyond standard furloughs if the government shuts down.
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ASenateDemocratrippedPresidentDonaldTrumpforarecentlyreleasedmemothatdetailedmassfiringsintheeventofashutdown,andaccusedthepresidentofengagingin“mafia-styleblackmail.”
Sen.ChrisVanHollen,D-Md.,railedagainsttheOfficeofManagementandBudget’s(OMB)memosenttofederalagenciesthisweekthatoutlinedaplantoreduceemployeesacrossthegovernmentbeyondthosethataretypicallyfurloughed.
WhiletheHousepassedashort-termfundingextensionlastweek,SenateRepublicansandDemocratsareatoddsoverthebill.ThedeadlinetofundthegovernmentisSept.30,andsofar,noprogresshasbeenmadetoreachanagreementtokeepthelightson.
VanHollenchargedthatTrump“isengagedinmafia-styleblackmail,withhisthreatsultimatelyharmingtheAmericanpeople,”andlikenedtheOMB’smemotoactionstakenbytechbillionaireElonMuskandhisDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiencyearlierthisyearthatledtotensofthousandsoffederalemployeesbeingeitherfiredorincentivi
