Official Government Shutdown 2023 Thread

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Anonymous wrote:one poll showed that more voters would blame Biden for the shutdown than they would Republicans. Gulp.

Which poll?

it flashed on nbc news

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Anonymous wrote:After the events of Tuesday - the first day back- have settled, are people leaning more towards there being a shutdown?

+1 would love to get people’s thoughts.

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Anonymous wrote:After the events of Tuesday - the first day back- have settled, are people leaning more towards there being a shutdown?

Yes, in the sense that there is less time to avert it and no progress.

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Has anyone received guidance from their agency re a shutdown? I'm at uspto and have received nothing.

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Nothing here.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received guidance from their agency re a shutdown? I'm at uspto and have received nothing.

Guidance on what to do .. Yes
Guidance on whether it will happen? No

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received guidance from their agency re a shutdown? I'm at uspto and have received nothing.

USPTO has reserve funds from fees. They will stay open until those are depleted- usually about 4 to 5 weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received guidance from their agency re a shutdown? I'm at uspto and have received nothing.

We have a mandatory meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received guidance from their agency re a shutdown? I'm at uspto and have received nothing.

USPTO has reserve funds from fees. They will stay open until those are depleted- usually about 4 to 5 weeks.

Trademarks Division has 6 months.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received guidance from their agency re a shutdown? I'm at uspto and have received nothing.

You will not be affected. The Patent Office has its own funding and has worked without skipping a beat during all previous shutdowns.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a Fed married to an EVP in finance and DH wants to see the government shutdown so that he can take time off to spend with me.

Awww.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After the events of Tuesday - the first day back- have settled, are people leaning more towards there being a shutdown?

+1 would love to get people’s thoughts.

+2

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After the events of Tuesday - the first day back- have settled, are people leaning more towards there being a shutdown?

+1 would love to get people’s thoughts.

+2

slightly leaning against it.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a small sign a shutdown might not be as inevitable as we’ve thought.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4224579-house-gop-advances-four-spending-bills-after-failed-attempts/

The bills they are agreeing to debate - not even pass! - have no chance of passing Senate.

This is the matt gaetz "single issue" grand plan to make any shutdown look like a democratic party problem. Such a slimeball.

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Anonymous wrote:The Senate just reached a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown! That’s very important. The ball is now in the House’s court. The pressure to go along with it will be huge.

I hate that I have to disagree. The Senate has already long passed appropriations as well. It did nothing to move a single bill in the house.

so nothing burger still?

Yes. The problems are freedom caucus won't vote for anything that isn't draconian. McCarthy can't do a bipartisan bill because freedom caucus will remove him. Any speculation that Democrats will both a) save the Republicans and b) save McCarthy, the two things needed for a house bipartisan cr, seems unfounded.

The only two ways out I see are: freedom caucus caves or Republicans give Dems deep concessions. Neither are likely without pain

But even if Republicans give Dems deep concessions, i.e., enough Dems in the House vote to pass it, members of the FC have said they’ll file a motion to remove McCarthy as speaker. Right? So it seems like the only ways out are either the FC caves or McCarthy caves, knowing he’ll likely be removed as speaker.

Dems aren’t asking for concessions. Biden and McCarthy struck a deal in the spring. Dems are asking republicans to honor that deal.

Eventually the House will pass a bill similar to the Senate’s because there are enough Dems and centrist republicans to pass a clean CR. McCarthy will allow a shutdown to give the FC an optics win and try to save his job.