{"id":2204391,"date":"2024-03-22T16:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-reviewing-and-updating-government-shutdown-plan\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:32:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:32:53","slug":"white-house-reviewing-and-updating-government-shutdown-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-reviewing-and-updating-government-shutdown-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"The White House is currently revising and enhancing its government shutdown strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-reviewing-and-updating-government-shutdown-plan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2204391&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The White House&#8217;s \u2062Contingency Plans\u2064 in Motion<\/h2>\n<p>The buzz around the White House is all about the \u201creviewing \u2063and updating\u201d of plans, preparing for the potential shutdown of \u2063federal agencies if the Senate fails to\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-republicans-flex-muscles-against-johnson-as-speaker-works-to-appease-all-corners-of-gop\/\" title=\"NY Republicans assert power against Johnson as speaker aims to satisfy entire GOP\">advance crucial legislation<\/a> before the looming weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The House managed to\u2063 push \u200dthrough a funding bill for the government, \u200bbut the\u2063 big question mark hangs over whether the Senate will follow suit before the\u2064 crucial midnight deadline on\u2064 Friday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The\u200c Waiting Game<\/h3>\n<p>White House press secretary\u2062 Karine Jean-Pierre delivered insights on President Joe Biden\u2019s optimism\u2064 about a\u2064 timely bill passage, yet \u200bshe confirmed the proactive development \u200cof a \u201ccontingency\u201d strategy for a temporary government closure.<\/p>\n<p>Emphasizing the urgency, Jean-Pierre highlighted during \u2064a Friday briefing, \u201cCongress can prevent this partial shutdown. We firmly believe there\u2019s still time\u2064 to avert this scenario. So, \u200cit\u2019s crystal clear \u2013 we are actively revamping and enhancing our contingency plan as \u2062a precautionary measure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She detailed the potential impact, mentioning, \u201cFederal employees across various agencies, including White House staff, face furloughs. \u2063It&#8217;s a glimpse into\u2062 what could unfold if\u2064 action is \u200dnot taken \u2064swiftly \u200bto avoid a partial shutdown. The ball is in \u200dCongress&#8217;s \u2062court to act responsibly and avert a\u200d crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Anticipating the Unknown<\/h3>\n<p>The White House&#8217;s proactive stance is evident, \u200dwith published\u200b contingency plans to manage the risk of federal office closures \u200cunder the shadow\u2063 of a\u200c possible \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-will-snap-and-similar-government-programs-be-affected-by-a-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Impact of government shutdown on SNAP and similar programs?\">government shutdown\u2062 threat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although Senate approval of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reverses-27-4-billion-in-spending-cuts-proposed-by-trump\/\" title=\"Biden Reverses .4 Billion in Spending Cuts Proposed by Trump\">government funding bill<\/a> is on the horizon, any\u200b unexpected\u200c delays from lawmakers could hinder Senate Majority\u2064 Leader Chuck Schumer from \u2063steering the legislation for a crucial\u200c vote on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>With congressional lawmakers set to break for a\u200d 16-day recess\u200d by week&#8217;s end,\u2063 Schumer\u2063 might explore\u200d a Sunday\u2064 vote option in case of objections,\u2062 aiming to\u2064 ensure progress despite potential hiccups on \u2064Friday.<\/p>\n<h3>Legislation Overview<\/h3>\n<p>The \u2062bill in contention allocates $1.2 trillion for key \u2062departments like Defense, State,\u200c Homeland Security, Treasury, Labor, Education, Health and Human\u2064 Services, among others. Additionally, funding provisions cover \u2063vital agencies like the Small Business Administration, Federal Trade Commission,\u2062 Federal Communications Commission,\u200c and \u200dmore.<\/p>\n<p>For further details, you can catch \u2063the\u2062 entire briefing from Friday below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lmLfQUysr28?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House is currently &#8220;reviewing and updating&#8221; shutdown plans for federal agencies, anticipating a possible government shutdown if the Senate doesn&#8217;t pass funding legislation by Friday&#8217;s midnight deadline. While the House approved the bill on Friday morning, uncertainty looms over the Senate&#8217;s decision<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2204392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24082684504488.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2204391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24082684504488.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}