A little bit of everything
The 43-day government shutdown that ended just a few weeks ago was the longest in U.S. history. And it caused a world of hurt to federal employees who temporarily went without paychecks and airline passengers who experienced frequently flight delays and cancellations.
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“The impasse is likely to last another three weeks or more,” said former Rep. Rick Lazio, a New York Republican, who served from 1993-01. “The final outcome may well include a one year extension of the of ACA credits or a broader but still limited tax bill that includes ACA credits and some Republican priorities to bring conservative members onboard. I do not see a scenario where Republicans unravel any of the OBBB (One Big Beautiful Bill), with the possible exception of adding money to a new fund to bridge some of the hospital reductions.”
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“My general disposition would be to make them longer rather than shorter. Because if you don’t, you are liable to faced with the same decision again in November or December,” Lott, a Mississippi Republican, who served in Congress for more than 30 years, told Baltimore Post-Examiner
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Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown when the House passed a continuing resolution just hours before its deadline expired on Sept. 30. Now they have 45 days to pass a permanent spending plan for the next fiscal year before the government could again face a shutdown on Nov. 17.
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Food banks and pantries statewide, already straining to fill the gap from the end of COVID benefits, are bracing to meet additional demand if a government shutdown furloughs federal and military workers and federal nutrition programs run dry.
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At Thursday’s Board of Revenue Estimates meeting, Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman warned that a long government shutdown could have widespread, negative impacts on the state.
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A looming federal government shutdown would have severe implications for a range of critical services, programs and benefits that impact millions of Americans.
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Our government appears to be headed for a shutdown in a little over a week unless Kevin McCarthy’s House Toddler Caucus, as Susan Glasser calls his MAGA Republicans, agree to negotiate a deal. Glasser laments that, “the rage of the toddlers now threatens to take the entire government down. For what? To prove, once again, that these are not serious people on whom we have bestowed great power?”
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About two-and-half weeks remain until the government runs out money and absent swift action from Congress a shutdown will occur at midnight on Sep. 30.
Read moreWASHINGTON – Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee said they are cautiously optimistic that the upper chamber will approve a continuing
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