{"id":1003233,"date":"2018-12-21T12:29:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T16:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003233"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:11:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:11:46","slug":"trump-shutdown-would-ruin-the-holidays-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-shutdown-would-ruin-the-holidays-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Shutdown Would Ruin The Holidays For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump plans to force a government shutdown and ruin the holidays for hundreds of thousands of American workers who will be unsure of when their next paycheck will come. And Trump bears full responsibility. He said it himself: \u201cI will be the one to shut it down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Trump Shutdown would force hundreds of thousands of workers to be furloughed or work without pay right before the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">An estimated<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547736775797000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcEp3L2RPDL13UycwlRE0YQBOMDA\"> 400,000<\/a> federal employees would work without pay.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">An estimated<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547736775797000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcEp3L2RPDL13UycwlRE0YQBOMDA\"> 350,000<\/a> federal employees would be furloughed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At the Department of Housing and Human Development,an estimated<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547736775797000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcEp3L2RPDL13UycwlRE0YQBOMDA\"> 87 percent<\/a> of the agency\u2019s 7,800 employees would be sent home.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lawmakers-seek-to-minimize-impact-of-looming-government-shutdown-1543605609?mod=e2twp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lawmakers-seek-to-minimize-impact-of-looming-government-shutdown-1543605609?mod%3De2twp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547736775797000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_A9NgFJ1FPJ0MvpTcU9QMfZq9xA\">Tens of thousands<\/a> of border patrol officers, Secret Service agents and airport-security officers would work without pay.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Employees at the Treasury Department and the Environmental Protection Agency would be<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547736775797000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcEp3L2RPDL13UycwlRE0YQBOMDA\"> furloughed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/1\/19\/16907138\/government-shutdown-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/1\/19\/16907138\/government-shutdown-2018&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547736775797000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJ6KnG9cyK3GAcyseYNmdt-yxakw\">More than 1,000<\/a> janitors, security guards, and cafeteria servers who work as subcontractors in federal buildings would be furloughed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A government shutdown could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/white-house-prepares-for-shutdown-as-gop-lawmakers-struggle-for-an-alternative\/2018\/12\/15\/6c31cae6-ffc1-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?utm_term=.17d3de32b842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/white-house-prepares-for-shutdown-as-gop-lawmakers-struggle-for-an-alternative\/2018\/12\/15\/6c31cae6-ffc1-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?utm_term%3D.17d3de32b842&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547736775797000&amp;usg=AFQjCNECtvYdKuSln9CEXCc_22Rg3M1U6g\">cost American taxpayers<\/a> hundreds of millions of dollars in lost productivity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump plans to force a government shutdown and ruin the holidays for hundreds of thousands of American workers who will be unsure of when their next paycheck will come. And Trump bears full responsibility. He said it himself: \u201cI will be the one to shut it down.\u201d &nbsp; The Trump Shutdown would force hundreds of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Shutdown Would Ruin The Holidays For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Workers - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-shutdown-would-ruin-the-holidays-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-workers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-21T16:29:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:11:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-shutdown-would-ruin-the-holidays-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-workers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-shutdown-would-ruin-the-holidays-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-workers\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Shutdown Would Ruin The Holidays For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Workers - 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