Don Alaska
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John Fetterman, a strange Democrat Senator from Pennsylvania, is trying to urge his party to change course but is not being successful. He realizes that the government shutdown being pushed by Chuck Schumer and other Democrat leaders in the U.S. Senate will turn all the power of the government over to the executive branch, something that Trump would probably take and run with in directions that the Democrats do not watch. Trump has already instructed his cabinet to begin lining up areas that are not required by law. People staffing these areas are not to be put on leave until the government is refunded, but will be RIFd (Reduction in Force), a term used by the government to indicate a layoff that may not be reinstated. This falls under his powers as President in order to save money when the government is not operating under Congressional funding.
The upcoming shutdown is already being referred to as "The Schumer Shutdown", an alliteration that will probably play well in the upcoming midterm elections. Schumer, among other things, is demanding the deportations stop and that the existing illegals already in the U.S. be restored to Medicaid and Quest/Food Stamps. He has reportedly also made other demands that he knows Trump will never accept. It may also show the American people how little they need many areas of the government.
The upcoming shutdown is already being referred to as "The Schumer Shutdown", an alliteration that will probably play well in the upcoming midterm elections. Schumer, among other things, is demanding the deportations stop and that the existing illegals already in the U.S. be restored to Medicaid and Quest/Food Stamps. He has reportedly also made other demands that he knows Trump will never accept. It may also show the American people how little they need many areas of the government.