🔗 Share this article Democrats Assert Administration Declining Shutdown Discussions as Chief Executive Echoes Threat of Job Cuts A top White House advisor has stated that extensive layoffs of government employees could start if the chief executive concludes that discussions to conclude the government shutdown are "absolutely going nowhere|making no progress|stalled completely}." The White House economic advisor told the news network that he still perceived a opportunity that Democrats would back down, but mentioned that the president was "preparing to act|take action|intervene" if required. Frozen Discussions Not any tangible signs of negotiations have surfaced between legislative leaders since the president sat down with them the previous week. The shutdown started on October 1st, after upper chamber Democratic senators turned down a interim appropriations proposal that would maintain government departments open through to the twenty-first of November. "They've declined to negotiate with us," Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer told the television network, claiming the impasse could be solved only by further discussions between the president and the four congressional officials. Partisan Accusations The Republican House speaker alleged Democrats of being "lacking seriousness" in negotiations to resolve the federal government shutdown, while the Democratic leader accused GOP lawmakers of causing the crisis. Additional Events American military apparently attacked another boat unlawfully carrying narcotics off the coast of the South American nation California's governor declared that he is taking legal action against Donald Trump over the deployment of three hundred state guard personnel to the neighboring state Kristi Noem described Chicago "battlefield" after federal agents shot a woman Negotiators have landed in the Egyptian capital before discussions scheduled to focus on the release of captives held by the Palestinian group in Gaza Current Governmental Developments Out-of-power Democrats have taken on the uncertain strategy of a government shutdown as their most assertive effort yet to rein in a president whom many citizens and legal experts now perceive as a risk to the nation's political system The president is increasing his criticism on billionaire philanthropist George Soros little more than a twelve months before the legislative races for Congress, in what's been described as a "chilling message to other supporters" The administration is targeting one hundred million land area of timberland across the nation for clear-cutting