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Mr. Hagel said the decision that "most D.O.D. civilians" would now be exempted from furloughs came after Pentagon and Justice Department lawyers interpreted a budget law passed just before the shutdown to include a larger number of workers.
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Boehner's hard-line approach was met by applause in the room as the battle over the shutdown has expanded to include the next front: the need to prevent what could be a catastrophic debt default if Congress does not allow continued borrowing to pay the nation's bills past Oct. 17.
It often occurs that a risk assessment study has determined the need to include the shutdown of a large electric motor as part of a safety instrumented function (SIF).
Hopefully, by the time you read this feature next week, we will have nothing to include about the shutdown.
Trump has threatened to allow a shutdown of those agencies ― which include the departments of Homeland Security, Justice, State and Interior — if Congress fails to include $5 billion to start a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Democratic package to end the shutdown would include one bill to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security at current levels — with $1.3 billion for border security, far less than the $5 billion Trump has said he wants for the wall — through Feb. 8 as talks continued.
While the ACLU and other liberal and progressive groups have asked Democratic leaders to not give an inch, several other Democrats from across the spectrum of the party also say they're open to using this shutdown to get a deal that includes those DACA recipients, or Dreamers.
House Democrats have said they are preparing to introduce bills that will put an end to the shutdown but not include funding for the wall.
Shutdown casualties include a 23-year Antarctic study tracking the effect of sea ice on the polar biota and a New Mexico climate variability project that has been active since 1988.
It's no surprise that a handful of news articles surrounding the shutdown also include the word "fucked".
A federal shutdown would include much of the National Park Service, which runs the Mall and its monuments, as well as the Smithsonian's museum network, which draws 3.8 million tourists to the area in April alone, according to the Washington Post.
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