Vice President JD Vance said in an interview on "CBS Mornings" that the Trump administration doesn't want to lay federal workers off during the government shutdown.
"We don’t want to lay anybody off, but what we do want to do is make sure that as much of the essential services of government remain functional as possible," he said.
"We were sort of dealt this hand by that faction of Senate Democrats who shut down the government," Vance said. "We’re going to have to deal with it. We’re going to have to make sure that as much of the people’s government remains government remains open or functional as possible."
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that about 750,000 federal employees will be furloughed during the shutdown. Last week, the White House Office of Management and Budget asked federal agencies to prepare for potential workforce firings, going beyond the typical employee furloughs in the event of a shutdown.
Democrats in the House and Senate have sought to include an extensions of expiring Obamacare subsidies in any government spending bill, while Republicans are pushing for a status quo extension of current funding.
[SRC] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/government-shutdown-2025-trump-live-updates-rcna234261
