In the note, the office recommended agencies to identify programs, projects and activities in which discretionary financing will expire on October 1 and which do not have an alternative source of financing. With regard to these areas, OMB recommended agencies to start developing RIF (RIF, i.e. exemptions and reduction of full -time agencies), which would go beyond the standard time freezing of full -time jobs, permanently eliminating jobs in programs that are not in line with the priorities of President Donald Trump in the event of closing administration.
This move is a significant departure from the manner in in the event of closing the administration in recent decades, when most downtime was temporary and employees were restored to work after the Congress made a decision to restart the administration and restore financing. This time, however, the director of OMB Russ Vought uses the threat of permanent employment reduction as a means of pressure, raising the rate in the dispute with democrats in the congress regarding government expenditure.
“Programs that have not benefited from the compulsory means will incur the greatest consequences of closing,” wrote OMB in the note. The agencies were asked to submit an office of RIF plans and notify employees, even if otherwise they would be covered by free leave during the freezing period of government financing.
Programs that will be continued regardless of the situation include social insurance, Medicare, veterans' benefits, military operations, law enforcement, enforcement of immigration and customs regulations, borders protection and air traffic control. This is the result of reports provided by an anonymous OMB official, who shared information that has not yet been made public.
Protest against the Director of the Management and Budget Office (OMB) Russell Vought and US President Donald Trump for an attempt to cancel a part of $ 6 billion. (almost PLN 22 billion) funds already allocated to the HIV Pepfar, Washington, DC, USA, September 2, 2025 prevention program.Jim LO SCALZO / PAP
The guidelines appear when the Republicans and Democrats on the Capitol are in an impasse on financing [rządu]and only a few days remained by the end of the budget year [budżet musi zostać uchwalony do 30 września]. The Chamber of Representatives adopted a temporary expenditure that would allow the functioning of federal institutions until November 21, but the democrats in the Senate refused to accept it, demanding that the Republicans proceed to negotiate in the case of a post -party package that could include extension of expirying subsidies under the Act on accessible health care.
In the OMB letter, it pointed out that if Congress passes the “pure” temporary act before September 30, additional steps described in this email will not be necessary.
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“Their goal is to ruin your life and punish hard -working families”
The note seems to confirm the warnings issued by some Democrats – above all the minority leader in the Senate Chuck Schumer – during the last deadlock associated with closing the administration in March. Schumer decided to support the bill on expenses prepared by the Republican Party, arguing that the closing of the government would be a “gift” that would allow Trump and his deputies “to destroy key government services at a much faster pace than now.”
Schumer claims that he has changed his mind since then, stating that administration attacks on federal agencies will get worse regardless of whether the government is closed because Trump does not comply with the law. “
He expressed a similar opinion on Wednesday after Politico published the details of the note, calling it “an attempt to intimidate”.
“This is nothing new and it has nothing to do with government financing,” he said. – These unnecessary exemptions will be either annulled in court, or the administration will again employ employees, as it was today.
However, the leader of the minority in the House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries expressed a different opinion in the post on X – he seems to treat this threat seriously. He turned to voters in the state of Virginia, where many federal employees live, who will soon choose the governor and other state officials.
“Their [administracji prezydenta Trumpa] The goal is to ruin your life and punish hard -working families who are already struggling with customs and inflation, “he said.” Remember this in November. “
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