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“It’s likely going to be in the thousands. It’s a very good question, and that’s something that the Office of Management and Budget and the entire team at the White House here, again, is unfortunately having to work on today,” Leavitt told reporters, <a href="https://x.com/RedWave_Press/status/1973762156790509881">responding</a> to a question about the number of layoffs.

If there were no government shutdown, she added, “these discussions and these conversations, these meetings, would not be happening.”

Leavitt’s comments were made ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought on Thursday. The president had confirmed the meeting in a post on Truth Social, which also stated that he would target federal agencies during the shutdown.

When a lapse in funding occurs, U.S. law requires federal agencies to cease activity and furlough “non-excepted” employees. Excepted employees stay on the job but don’t get paid until after the shutdown ends.

Meanwhile, senators are breaking Thursday for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. They will return on Friday to vote again on a GOP measure to extend federal funding for seven weeks.

Democrats want health care subsidies extended under a bill that would also reopen the government. Republicans say there’s still time to negotiate on health care this year, but stopgap funding for the government is the priority. Republicans also say that Democrats want to provide free health care to illegal immigrants.

Speaking at the White House on Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance said that federal agencies would not be targeted based on politics, adding, “We’re willing to have a conversation about ensuring that Americans continue to have access to health care.”

In a memo released last month, the OMB said that federal agencies should prepare for a reduction-in-force plan, or mass layoffs, during the government shutdown.

“Programs that did not benefit from an infusion of mandatory appropriations will bear the brunt of a shutdown,” the OMB said in the memo, directing agencies to submit proposed reduction-in-force plans to the OMB and issue notices to employees.

Trump also <a href="https://x.com/OANN/status/1973542010373189709">told</a> One America News that other actions could be taken aside from layoffs during the shutdown.

“We could cut projects that they [Democrats] wanted, favorite projects, and they’d be permanently cut,” Trump said. “I’m allowed to cut things that should have never been approved in the first place, and I will probably do that.”

On Wednesday, Vought <a href="https://x.com/russvought/status/1973386129320665329">announced</a> on X that he will cut billions in <a href="https://x.com/russvought/status/1973388530215735570">funding</a> to infrastructure projects in New York City, including a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey and an extension of the city’s Second Avenue subway.

The OMB head also <a href="https://x.com/russvought/status/1973450301236715838" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> that $8 billion in Green New Deal funding will be canceled in a number of Democratic-run states, including California, New York, Illinois, and others.

Democrats balked at the idea. “Obstructing these projects is stupid and counterproductive because they create tens of thousands of great jobs and are essential for a strong regional and national economy,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1973423988245254469">said</a> on X.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/white-house-says-federal-layoffs-likely-in-the-thousands-amid-government-shutdown-5923523">The Epoch Times</a>

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