by Brett Samuels at The Hill
Russell Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), issued a memo on Tuesday evening directing government agencies to begin executing their plans “for an orderly shutdown.”
Vought wrote to agency leaders with just hours to go until government funding lapses at midnight. The OMB director blamed the impending shutdown on “Democrats’ insane policy demands, which include $1 trillion in new spending.”
“As such, affected agencies should now execute their plans for an orderly shutdown,” Vought wrote.
Many government agencies have released contingency plans in the event of a shutdown, which will lead to thousands of federal workers being furloughed and could affect the distribution of certain government benefits, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
President Trump has also threatened to lay off federal workers in the event of a shutdown and cut certain programs favored by Democrats.
“It is unclear how long Democrats will maintain their untenable posture, making the duration of the shutdown difficult to predict,” Vought wrote in Tuesday’s memo.
“Regardless,…
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