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Rich Stein (he/him) (runrichrun@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 10:35:42 JST Rich Stein (he/him)

Actions have consequences — eventually:
"The United States Congress faces a Friday deadline to pass a budget for the 2025 fiscal year, or else face the shuttering of nonessential government functions."
"trump and his allies have pressured Republicans in the United States to ditch a short-term spending bill designed to avert a government shutdown."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/19/facing-government-shutdown-trump-and-republican-allies-scuttle-budget-bill
#USpol #USpolitics #USelections #election #Republicans #Congress #budget #Budget2025 #GovernmentShutDown #DOGE
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  Facing government shutdown, Trump and Republican allies scuttle budget bill
  
  from Al Jazeera Staff
  
  Trump was one of several prominent Republicans in the incoming administration to denounce the bill on social media.
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  Rich Stein (he/him) (runrichrun@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 10:35:41 JST Rich Stein (he/him)
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  House rejects counter-budget plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain
  https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-musk-johnson-e4b5c93d12838d180740a35daecc118d
  #USpol #USpolitics #USelections #election #Republicans #Congress #budget #Budget2025 #GovernmentShutDown #DOGE
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    House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain
    
    The House has resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan to fund federal operations and suspend the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown.
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  Rich Stein (he/him) (runrichrun@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 10:35:41 JST Rich Stein (he/him)
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  Somewhat speculative but a good overview of what the impact of a US Government shutdown might be, as well as some history of shutdowns. https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/why-is-the-government-shutting-down/ v @Poynter
  #USpol #USpolitics #Republicans #USelections #Congress #budget #Budget2025 #GovernmentShutDown #DOGE
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    What would a government shutdown mean for you? Here’s what we know. - Poynter
    
    from Jeff Cercone
    
    TSA and air traffic controllers will have to work, but without regular paychecks. During a 2018-19 shutdown, many chose not to report for duty.
  Tim Chambers repeated this.
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  Rich Stein (he/him) (runrichrun@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 10:35:41 JST Rich Stein (he/him)
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  Shocked (not) — Musk helped kill that congressional spending bill, but much of what he spread was misinformation
  https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-misinformation-government-shutdown-bill-budget-trump-musk-1235b15b425856bf902d0c8133eec222
  #USpol #USpolitics #Republicans #USelections #Congress #budget #Budget2025 #GovernmentShutDown #DOGE #musk #misinformation
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    Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation
    
    from https://apnews.com/author/melissa-goldin
    
    President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk used his outsize influence on X to help kill a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, spreading multiple false claims in the process.

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