Jennifer Shutt
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Washington senior reporter @statesnewsroom.com | [email protected] https://www.newsfromthestates.com/category/dc-bureau
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Judge Illston tells the attorneys for labor unions and DOJ to get together to decide when a hearing can be held on a preliminary injunction.

"It would be wonderful to know what the government's position is on the merits of this case."
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NEWS: Judge Illston grants labor unions request for a temporary restraining order, blocking the Trump administration from moving forward with the Reductions in Force that began during the shutdown.

"As of right now the TRO is in effect."
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Leonard says judge can grant a TRO against all departments/agencies, including those that haven't issued layoff notices yet, since she believes the Trump administration has already decided this and just isn't sharing that information with the court.
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Danielle Leonard, attorney representing labor unions in the case, questions HHS statement that some of the layoff notices at that department were the result of a "coding error."

"Someone realized what a poor decision that was. That’s what happened."
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Illston just checked again with the DOJ attorney to ask if she would make any statements on the merits and whether DOJ believes the shutdown layoffs are legal.

"Not today, your honor."
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DOJ attorney Elizabeth Hedges tells the judge she has arguments to make before the court, but that she's not prepared to discuss the underlying merits of the case.

"In this posture, I'm not prepared to discuss that today."
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Illston says it's apparent the layoffs during the shutdown are politically motivated.
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Judge Illston says the "evidence suggests" OMB & OPM "have taken advantage of the lapse in government spending, government functioning to assume that all bets are off, that the laws don’t apply to them any more."
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NEWS: Federal Judge Susan Illston begins hearing on labor unions lawsuit against Trump administration mass layoffs during the shutdown, saying she's inclined to grant a temporary restraining order.
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C-SPAN might be about to solve the shutdown, or at least get Johnson and Jeffries to talk to each other.
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Trump: "We’re not closing up Republican programs because we think they work."
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Trump says White House will release a list of cancelled programs Friday

"We are closing up programs that are Democratic programs that we wanted to close up or that we never wanted to happen, and now we’re closing them up, and we’re not going to let them come back."
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Trump: "This was a position that’s being forced upon us by Democrats and all they have to do is just sign a piece of paper saying we’re going to keep it going the way it is. You know, it’s nothing. It shouldn’t even be an argument. They’ve signed it many times before."
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Trump seems to think Democrats have to sign something in order to advance the stopgap spending bill through the Senate's 60-vote legislative filibuster, but that's not how it works. They vote by giving a thumbs up or down on the floor.
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U.S. Capitol Police union says officers missed a full paycheck Friday.

"Unfortunately, Congress and the Administration are not in active negotiations, and everyone is waiting for the other side to blink."
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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Johnson says it will take the rest of October and likely part of November to find an agreement on ACA tax credits.

"We can't do that overnight."