WASHINGTON — As Democrats seek to emphasize how a holiday shutdown would harm the economy and impede disaster aid, White House officials are in frequent communication with both Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, and they are working together to coordinate their strategies, according to people familiar with the conversations.
Biden has refrained from discussing the impending shutdown in public. White House officials now think that House Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump should handle this issue because Trump urged his party to sabotage a bipartisan agreement that had already been negotiated.
The White House has mostly kept quiet, even though it will eventually have to sign any bill that passes.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre blasted the GOP in a written statement late Wednesday night.
She warned that if Republicans continue to play politics with this bipartisan deal, they would harm hardworking Americans and cause instability nationwide. A bargain is a bargain. Republicans ought to honor their promises.
According to the White House, Trump effectively gave Republicans the command to shut down the government.
Trump was criticized by a former Biden campaign official for appearing to pay attention to Elon Musk, a private individual who has meddled in the process.
According to the official, it appears that Trump must follow his father’s desires.
The Biden administration is getting ready for a potential shutdown in the meantime. OMB has been working with agencies since last Friday to examine pertinent legal requirements to ensure that their plans for an orderly shutdown are current, according to a White House Office of Management and Budget official.
According to the OMB official, agencies began emailing staff members regarding funding statuses at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
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