McConnell now offering time for vote by 12 Noon Monday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, we keep the lights on for 3 weeks-oh, goody. Then we're right back where we started

Do we even do that? Where are you hearing that they have the 60 votes for this CR?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What does that mean in terms of the work,day?

Tomorrow, the government is officially shut down. Follow your guidance, which is probably to come in to wrap up or to work if your agency has funding. Then we'll see what happens at noon.

So if we wrap up as instructed and they vote at noon do we stay and work 4 hours just in case or do we have to head home or kill time near work and then commute back for the afternoon? This is my first shutdown, obviously....

I don't think they have any answers to that and i don't think they care about us.

[Anonymous]

So, maybe the point has come for the bullshit red state vs. blue state Democrat thing to be dropped. There are plenty of ‘red’ state Democrats, and Americans, in general, support DACA receipents be protected.

[Anonymous]

Graham signaled that he would support it, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does that mean in terms of the work,day?

Tomorrow, the government is officially shut down. Follow your guidance, which is probably to come in to wrap up or to work if your agency has funding. Then we'll see what happens at noon.

So if we wrap up as instructed and they vote at noon do we stay and work 4 hours just in case or do we have to head home or kill time near work and then commute back for the afternoon? This is my first shutdown, obviously....

I don't think they have any answers to that and i don't think they care about us.

^What's with fed workers (I'm one of them but headed back to the private sector)?? You're already at effing work -- you can't stay a few hours?

[Anonymous]

mcconnell has no trust left. he promised things to the maine broad on murray-alexander and nothing happened.

schumer shouldn't agree to anything.

[Anonymous]

They are obviously trying to make the soldiers line up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are obviously trying to make the soldiers line up.

Seems like soldiers are lining up -- Flake, McConnell for it pretty much officially. Talk of Warner and Kaine (Va) voting yes maybe -- bc they have hundreds of thousands of fed workers and military in Va. Still a ways to go but suddenly the coverage seems optimistic that they think they can get there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does that mean in terms of the work,day?

Tomorrow, the government is officially shut down. Follow your guidance, which is probably to come in to wrap up or to work if your agency has funding. Then we'll see what happens at noon.

So if we wrap up as instructed and they vote at noon do we stay and work 4 hours just in case or do we have to head home or kill time near work and then commute back for the afternoon? This is my first shutdown, obviously....

I don't think they have any answers to that and i don't think they care about us.

^What's with fed workers (I'm one of them but headed back to the private sector)?? You're already at effing work -- you can't stay a few hours?

If you were indeed a federal worker, you would know that you are not allowed to work while the government is not open. But you are just a troll.

[Anonymous]

Schumer blocked the vote tonight. McConnell is going to force a vote on the CR tomorrow. Schumer will scramble all night to get the missing votes from his dem colleagues. Schumer is going to be sucking a lot of Dick tonight. Schumer doesn't want to vote "No" on the cr if an actual vote is held. Bluff called, McConnell and trump win again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does that mean in terms of the work,day?

Tomorrow, the government is officially shut down. Follow your guidance, which is probably to come in to wrap up or to work if your agency has funding. Then we'll see what happens at noon.

So if we wrap up as instructed and they vote at noon do we stay and work 4 hours just in case or do we have to head home or kill time near work and then commute back for the afternoon? This is my first shutdown, obviously....

I don't think they have any answers to that and i don't think they care about us.

^What's with fed workers (I'm one of them but headed back to the private sector)?? You're already at effing work -- you can't stay a few hours?

Actually, no, you can't, without violating the Antideficiency Act. 4 hours max is the time you are allowed to conduct orderly shutdown activities. After that you are volunteering your services to the government which is against the law.

To the prior poster, the answer is you go home after the wrap-up, and report back the next business day after the government reopens. So if a deal is reached before midnight Monday night, you report in on Tuesday. If it's reached in the wee hours of Tuesday, technically you're supposed to report back Wednesday, but in practice it will be Tuesday.

This is what senior staff at my agency were told, and we've been through it before and this is how it operated.

[Anonymous]

Flake was the contrition express. Pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schumer blocked the vote tonight. McConnell is going to force a vote on the CR tomorrow. Schumer will scramble all night to get the missing votes from his dem colleagues. Schumer is going to be sucking a lot of Dick tonight. Schumer doesn't want to vote "No" on the cr if an actual vote is held. Bluff called, McConnell and trump win again.

Flake looks like Charlie Brown. Maybe this time Lucy will not snatch the football away/McConnell will bring a vote on DACA. Maybe.

[Anonymous]

Why can't they just pass a DACA and CHIP bill between now and Feb 8th and then get the budget passed before the 8th.

This shouldn't be that hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does that mean in terms of the work,day?

Tomorrow, the government is officially shut down. Follow your guidance, which is probably to come in to wrap up or to work if your agency has funding. Then we'll see what happens at noon.

So if we wrap up as instructed and they vote at noon do we stay and work 4 hours just in case or do we have to head home or kill time near work and then commute back for the afternoon? This is my first shutdown, obviously....

I don't think they have any answers to that and i don't think they care about us.

^What's with fed workers (I'm one of them but headed back to the private sector)?? You're already at effing work -- you can't stay a few hours?

I’m betting tomorrow will be an essential personnel only day, except for the admin time to sign the furlough papers.