L Train shutdown aside, New York needs this gondola.
The optics of laying off a bunch of workers who just weathered a shutdown aside, his plan to Limit Bureaucracy in the Federal Workforce has the potential to upgrade the creakier facets of the government.
After reaching tentative settlements with most of the unions last month, company executives set aside the shutdown threat, though they said it remained a possibility if they could not find a way to pare expenses.
Tesla's statement indicated that such a shutdown "is not unusual," but, Tom Jones references aside, it really is unusual for an automaker to post two lengthy shutdowns in such a short period.
Superstorm Sandy aside, the L train shutdown has been a long time coming.
After all, this was supposed to have been the first week of a paid companywide two-week shutdown, a time that most G.M. workers set aside for family outings and vacations.
Turning the post into a call for bipartisanship, Bush added, "It's time for leaders on both sides to put politics aside, come together, and end this shutdown".
Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, said he wants the country's leaders to set their egos aside and end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
Though April's near-government shutdown slashed the Education Department budget, Obama pulled for Duncan, setting aside $700 million for Race to the Top -- less than the $1.3 billion he originally requested.
Between assurances from House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis)., pressure from President Trump to avoid a shutdown and the impending holidays, most GOP lawmakers agreed to set aside their misgivings.
