OMB Flags 4,000 Federal Layoffs as Vance Warns of Deeper Cuts During Shutdown
A partisan dispute over ACA subsidies and Medicaid cuts has frozen funding and accelerated plans for permanent job reductions.
Overview
- An OMB court filing states that more than 4,000 federal employees will be fired soon, identifying Education, Treasury, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and the EPA.
- Vice President J.D. Vance said on Fox News that workforce reductions will get “deeper” and be “painful” if the shutdown continues.
- Hundreds of thousands of federal workers remain furloughed without pay as agencies move from temporary furloughs to layoffs.
- President Donald Trump directed the Defense Department to use available funds to ensure U.S. troops are paid, a short-term step that excludes furloughed civilian workers.
- Negotiations are stalled as Senate Democrats insist on extending ACA subsidies and reversing Medicaid cuts, with the House not returning this week and another Senate vote slated for Tuesday.