After the Republicans and Democrats contradicted the StopGeap in the congress in contradiction to a Stopgap measure, the government was determined after the legislator had not passed a continued resolution before the end of the federal year on September 30th.
For state building contractors, the effects are likely to vary depending on the agency, program and type of contract. The ongoing direct federal contracts will probably not be affected as long as they are not financed by 2026, says Alex Etchee, Vice President for Government Matters at the Associated General Contractors of America. The work under indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, task mandate contracts with several ancient views as well as similar and not yet assigned contracts, and projects that still carry out environmental exams or other permits could be exposed to delays.
“If a long time has been set, many projects could be influenced, especially if it requires approval,” says Etchecken.
Transport projects, which are financed by separate laws such as the reauthorization of surface traffic, are not based on the annual appropriation procedure with less likelihood that they have so much disorders, say Etched and Joung Lee, deputy director and Chief Policy Officer of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officians.
Employees of agencies such as the Federal Highway Administration, which are paid for via the Highway Trust Fund, should not be assessed as long as the fund works with its own authority, Lee adds. And employees who work on programs such as the passenger rail for states can also draw their salaries from advanced means.
“We have seen an expansion of this approach in the [Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act] Years ”, says Lee.
In the event of a shutdown, contractors who work for the government should contact their contractual officers in advance in order to determine how the agency intends to manage projects, says Etchad. He also recommends that contractors document all costs associated with the shutdown and inform their contractual officials about all measures taken in response to the shutdown.
Vacation and layoffs
What is less clear is the effects that could have possible mass shots of federal workers who go beyond the temporary holiday devices during a shutdown. In a memo this month, the office for management and budget of the White House instructed that the leaders of the Federal Authority set up mass efforts for employees of programs with financing losses if they “do not match the president's priorities”. As soon as funds were issued in 2026, OMB also said that agencies should “maintain the minimum number of employees who are necessary for the execution of legal functions”.
The chairman of the Senate reduction, Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.), described the omb memo “an attempted intimidation” and said in an explanation that unnecessary burnings would be lifted in court if the administration did not first re -terminate the workers, as the administration recently with hundreds of employees who were not fired by the Department of State Efficiency this year, this year had.
The democratic chairman of Schumer and the House of the House, Hakeem Jeffries (NY), have guided the efforts of the Democrats to extend the tax credits for affordable care laws in order to prevent millions of people from being prevented after the Republicans had passed an extension from the wheel and the issue of spending the spending package. The government would have financed the version of the Democrats of the Legislate by the end of October and extended the health subsidy for income with low and medium -sized incomes, which should otherwise expire at the end of the calendar year.
The house passed the version of the law on the Republicans, which would maintain most funds at the current level by November 21. However, the measure could not receive the 60 votes required to hand over the Senate on September 19. With the house during the break this week, it was apparently only one closure before the deadline for the Senate surpasses the Republicans of the Senate. It failed again with a 55-45 vote.
A meeting between Schumer and Jeffries with President Donald Trump on September 29 did not make any progress, and both sides quickly fault for the dead end.
“This is pure and simply as a hostage of the Democrats,” the Republican Senate leader John Thune (SD) told reporters on September 29.
Another draft law, which was sponsored by Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), The Elimate Shutdowns Act, would automatically continue the funds at the current level for 14 days and another 14 days until an appropriation law is passed throughout the year. However, the Democrats gathered against the legislation because of concerns that they would hand over the “power of the wallet” of the congress to the White House.
“If this draft law was passed, Trump could literally refuse to sign a financing calculation, even a cross -party bill, unless she met all of his demands, and the congress would then have to override his veto with two thirds in both chambers.” Under no circumstances. “
Kristen Swearingen, Vice President for Government Matters among the associated builders and contractors, asked the Congress and the President to keep the government open.
“Any closure of the government creates uncertainty for ABC contractors across the country, including potential delays in federal infrastructure projects,” said Swearingen in a statement.
The government was last exposed to a closure in March. At that time, some Democrats agreed to support a Stopgap measure about the concerns of potential mass shots. The last time the government was actually closed was Trump's first term when the disagreement on border wall financing contributed to a 35-day part loss at the end of 2018 and early 2019.