""The longer this goes on, the deeper the cuts are going to be,""
""To be clear, some of these cuts are going to be painful. This is not a situation that we relish. This is not something that we're looking forward to, but the Democrats have dealt us a pretty difficult set of cards.""
The federal government shutdown has entered its 12th day and will produce progressively deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer it continues. Hundreds of thousands of government workers are furloughed without pay, and the Office of Management and Budget reported in a court filing that well over 4,000 federal employees would soon be fired. The administration is working to ensure that the military is paid this week and to preserve some services for low-income Americans, including food assistance. Labor unions have filed a lawsuit to halt the aggressive move by the budget office. Negotiations remain minimal amid partisan stalemate over ACA subsidy extensions.
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