Shutdown hurts the Marianas

Press Release

Though it has been said the shutdown of government agencies, now in its sixteenth day, will have "limited effect" on the Marianas, the truth is that many of the 56 federal employees in our islands are now laid off or working without pay. One of the first acts of the new House Democratic majority was to pass funding bills for all of the closed agencies, using language that already passed the Senate during the 115th Congress by overwhelming bipartisan majorities. Republicans in the Senate now say, however, they will not vote again on this legislation, restarting government and putting federal employees back to work, unless the President says he will sign it. So far, the President has not agreed.

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