# Republicans and Dems let the gov't shut down on 09/30/25, then what?

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**Created:** [September 18, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-and-dems-let-the-govt-shut-down-on-09-30-25-then-what/1023157 "2025-09-18T17:18:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-and-dems-let-the-govt-shut-down-on-09-30-25-then-what/1023157/61 "2025-10-01T23:56:45Z")

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> [@Horatius](#):
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> I’ve seen reports that several departments have sent e-mails to their staff with similar phrasing.

I posted this yesterday over in the clusterfuck thread.

> [@The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues/1010068/8399):
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> [And here is the notification given to federal workers in advance of the current shutdown.](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/read-email-federal-workers-getting-033912929.html)
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> > [@](#):
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> > _President Trump opposes a government shutdown, and strongly supports the enactment of H.R. 5371, which is a clean Continuing Resolution to fund the government through November 21, and already passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking this Continuing Resolution in the U.S. Senate due to unrelated policy demands. If Congressional Democrats maintain their current posture and refuse to pass a clean Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded before midnight on September 30, 2025, federal appropriated funding will lapse._
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> > _A funding lapse will result in certain government activities ceasing due to a lack of appropriated funding. In addition, designated pre-notified employees of this agency would be temporarily furloughed. P.L. 116-1 would apply._
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> > _The agency has contingency plans in place for executing an orderly shutdown of activities that would be affected by any lapse in appropriations forced by Congressional Democrats. Further information about those plans will be distributed should a lapse occur._

> [@CoolHandCox](#):
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> A work email auto-reply from some out of work SBA employees:
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> > “I am out of office for the foreseeable future because Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill (H.R. 5371), leading to a government shutdown that is preventing the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) from serving America’s 36 million small businesses,” the out-of-office response read.

Isn’t that illegal? It’s certainly staking a political position.

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