The #Senate adjourned for the evening & does not plan to return until Wednesday, assuring a #GovernmentShutdown, meaning hundreds of thousands of workers will be sent home #WithoutPay, disrupting a wide range of #federal programs & #services.
#Congress #Republicans #GOP #Trump #government #OrchestratedShutdown
#Teacher #suspended for 3 days #withoutpay over 4 #books with #LGBTQ #characters, says #Ohio #Lawsuit.
#KarenCahall’s #suspension violates #dueprocess under the #14thAmendment, citing the “#unconstitutional” #controversialissuespolicy.
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#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article296703699.html
#TSA screeners would remain on the job #withoutPay, many of whom called in sick as a #protest after a previous #shutdown dragged on for wks, sparking nationwide #travel delays.
It would also leave #Congress w/few alternate paths to fund the govt. A likely last resort would have been another #stopgap resolution to preserve existing #funding, potentially triggering #cuts to #defense spending.
#TheDysfunctionIsThePoint #IssuesNotSolutions #HouseRepublicans #RepublicanDysfunction #VoteBlue #law
The #legislation’s passage in the #Senate is not in doubt — it has the support of President #Biden (cuz it’s better than nothing), Senate Majority Leader Chuck #Schumer & Minority Leader Mitch #McConnell. But a single senator can throw up procedural roadblocks & push the govt past the #shutdown deadline….
…>½ of #IRS employees would face furloughs at the height of #tax filing season. #Border Patrol officers & about 1.3M active-duty #military #service members would remain on the job #withoutPay.
