Federal workers prepare for shutdown
Most federal employees have already been given the word — they’re essential, and they’ll stay on the job, or they’re not, and they’ll be furloughed.
Just hours remain before the midnight deadline for Republican and Democratic leaders to agree on a spending plan that would head off a government shutdown.
If there’s a shutdown, some non-essential workers will be allowed into their offices for up to four hours Monday to finish up tasks — but that would be it.
Amid the uncertainty, President Barack Obama had already canceled a trip today to Indianapolis. And now he’s canceled a weekend trip with his family to Williamsburg, Va.
Meanwhile, the Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress are disagreeing over what’s holding up agreement. Republicans say it’s all about making serious spending cuts.
But Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid says the two sides had reached agreement on $38 billion in spending cuts, and that the only hang-up was a Republican demand to cut a federal program that provides women’s health and family planning services.
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