Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought told Republicans on Wednesday that the Trump administration will start firing federal employees in the next “one to two” days, multiple media outlets reported.
Vought’s comments to House Republicans came shortly after the Senate, for the second time in 24 hours, voted down a stopgap funding measure. At least 60 votes are needed to advance any funding bill in the Senate, meaning Republicans would need at least eight Democrats to join the majority, given that Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has voted against the measure both times.
Vought told lawmakers he will spend the next week determining “constitutionally” what the administration can do to shrink the federal workforce, Axios reported, citing a source on the call. He also said the layoffs would be “consequential.”
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