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U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks

posted by takyon on Friday January 25 2019, @10:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the we're-safe...-for-now... dept.

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Senate Passes Short-Term Deal To Reopen Government, With Trump's Endorsement

President Trump has endorsed a bipartisan deal that would end the 35-day partial government shutdown. The three-week stopgap funding measure would reopen shuttered agencies while negotiations continue.

Trump announces deal to lift shutdown

President Donald Trump has endorsed a deal to reopen the US government for three weeks, after a record-breaking shutdown of federal agencies.

But the pact does not include any money that Mr Trump has demanded for a US-Mexico border wall.

See also: Dem senator unveils 'Stop STUPIDITY Act' to prevent all shutdowns
White House: 'Large down payment' on wall could end government shutdown
35 ways the shutdown is affecting America

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Magic Oddball on Saturday January 26 2019, @05:53AM

    by Magic Oddball (3847) on Saturday January 26 2019, @05:53AM (#792213) Journal

    You didn't notice any changes in large part because they've had around 50% of the employees working without pay to cover either the most essential tasks (leaving the somewhat-less-urgent for later), and/or trying to do both their own work and that of their absent co-workers. No different from when a company lays off a big chunk of its workforce, then demands that the remaining employees work harder/longer to compensate for it.

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