By Shashwat Bhandari
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Washington: United States’ Vice President JD Vance has said that Republicans ‘don’t want to lay anybody off’ during the US government shutdown period but warned Democrats that they would be responsible for any negative effects on the country during this phase. Speaking to CBS during an interview, JD Vance said that there’s necessarily going to be some pain because Senate Democrats refuse to reopen the government. “We hope that they will change their minds in the days to come.” JD Vance also emphasised that they don’t want to hamper the essential services of the government as long as this shutdown remains in place. Vance’s statement has come as a slight breather after Donald Trump, according to Bloomberg, warned of large-scale dismissals of federal employees, saying ‘we may do a lot and that’s only because of the Democrats’. US Shutdown Begins, Several Services Affected As Funding Stops A vote to end the government shutdown hours after it began failed Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to fund health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republicans refuse to provide. The tally showed cracks in the Democrats’ resolve but offered no breakthrough. Blame was being cast on all sides on the first day of the shutdown. The White House and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep programs and services open, throwing the country into a new cycle of uncertainty. Roughly 750,000 federal workers were expected to be furloughed, with some potentially fired by Trump’s Republican administration. Many offices will be shuttered, perhaps permanently, as the president vows to “do things that are irreversible” to punish Democrats. Trump’s deportation agenda is expected to run full speed ahead, while education, environmental and other services sputter. The economic fallout is expected to ripple nationwide. “I certainly pray they will come to their senses,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said, flanked by GOP leaders at the Capitol. This is the third time Trump has presided over a federal funding lapse and the first since his return to the White House this year. His record underscores the polarizing divide over budget priorities in a political climate that rewards hard-line positions rather than more traditional compromises. With inputs from AP Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from US News and around the World.
