The White House continues to argue that it is entirely up to House Republicans to avert a government shutdown . The ball is completely in their court just three days out from the endofmonth funding deadline . The majority of Biden aides are expected to be designated essential meaning they would not be furloughed one administration official said . Even Biden is planning to remain in Washington this weekend a relatively rare occurrence as the likelihood of a shutdown looms . The president recorded a video this week pointing the finger at a small group of extreme House Republicans he said are determined to shut down the government . Senate leadership on Tuesday reached a deal that would keep the government open through November with . billion in funding for Ukraine and billion for domestic disasters reported . But even after that deal was struck White House officials maintained that the ultimate outcome is unpredictable in large part because it was impossible to guess what McCarthys next moves might be . The OMB began its formal process of communicating with agencies about the possibility of halting all nonessential work deemed nonessential . nonessential on Friday when the Office of Management and Budget began its process of talking to agencies about halting nonessential nonessential activities on Friday morning . The contingency planning kicked off in earnest on Friday . It is expected to begin in earnest this week . The Office of . Friday when it began to begin its formal processes of talking with agencies of agencies about stopping nonessential Nonessential work on nonessential activity on Friday afternoon. The OBM began its informal process of … nonessential services such as nonessential and nonessential functions . The White …essential activities such as furloughs. The Office. of Management. and the . Office of Budget began to . the nonessential service. of nonessential. work on Friday. It began its
White House says it’s entirely on House GOP to avoid shutdown as deadline nears .
