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Congressman James Walkinshaw (D-VA) joined "The Final 5 with Jim Lokay" to address the ongoing federal government shutdown, criticizing the Trump administration’s mass layoffs as illegal under the Anti-Deficiency Act. He highlighted the human impact, noting that critical opioid prevention programs and other essential services are being cut, particularly affecting communities in Northern Virginia and rural America.
When asked by a reporter in a Tuesday news conference why a shutdown would necessitate laying off federal workers if the Department of Govern
A letter sent to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), signed by 180 House Democrats, called for Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) to
By: Mike Lillis
A Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is pressing Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) to call President Trump’s budget director before the panel to explain his threat to escalate federal firings amid the government shutdown.
House Democratic leaders are holding firm in opposition to the Republicans’ spending bill, brushing aside new threats from the Trump ad
After congressional appropriations lapsed and a government shutdown began at midnight on Oct.
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