“Russ Vought just turned the shutdown standoff into a ticking time bomb for numerous federal workers and lawmakers in both parties,” Politico reports.
“In the Trump administration’s most aggressive pre-shutdown salvo yet, the OMB director is threatening to pursue mass firings at agencies if Congress fails to enact a funding bill to keep the government open past next Tuesday at midnight…”
“The move doesn’t just up the ante for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries. It also threatens broader political fallout that could hurt Republicans, too — as Jeffries was quick to point out late Wednesday night, when he immediately raised the prospect of a GOP backlash and said Democrats ‘will not be intimidated.’”
Punchbowl News: “The unprecedented move by OMB Director Russ Vought dramatically raises the stakes of the shutdown fight just five days before the deadline.”
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