The US Capitol is seen after the barricade on September 30, 2025 in Washington. If the legislators do not achieve a double -sided compromise on the financing act, the closing of the federal government will start at midnight. (Photo of Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Standing in Independence Mall, three members who represent Philadelphia in the United States House, stood with federal employees and called President Donald Trump and Republicans to come to the table, to negotiate the expenditure plan at the end of the government closing.
“The only way it ends is negotiations,” said Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-2ND district), which is the highest democrat in the budget committee. “We should not do this to our other American citizens who are public officials.”
The federal government has been closed from October 1, as a result of not reaching an agreement on the Act on expenses. Republicans control the chamber and the Senate.
With the exclusion of the government, all insignificant services have been suspended, and several hundred thousand federal employees and members of the energetic service will operate without remuneration, NPR Reports. Congress Budget Office He estimated that about 750,000 federal employees would be excluded every day from closing.
“In fact, this is a completely unnecessary closure,” said Boyle. “This republican closure is forced by President Trump because he wants it.”
Congressmenka Mary Gay Scanlon (D-5th District) criticized the positions of Trump’s administration in the field of healthcare, taxes, tariffs and other social programs.
“I will do everything I can, just like my colleagues to help you survive this storm, an attack on a federal workforce and the federal government itself,” said Scanlon.
Scanlon told The Capital Star that her office is already receiving phones from people who are concerned about receiving notifications about the augment in healthcare bonuses.
“We are here with relationships that usually shout that the only thing they care about is the end of closing the government due to impact on employees,” she said. “But here we have an administration that has already caused such damage to the federal workforce, which relationships say:” No, we all have to rest against this administration. “
Republican officials They blamed the leader of the minority of the Senate Chuck Schumer (D-ny) and Democrats for continuous closure.
Phil Glover, National Vice President for the American Federation of Government Workers (AFGE) District 3It is part of a relationship that represents 30,000 federal employees throughout the state, from about 9,000 to 12,000 located in the Filadelphia area.
“This is unacceptable to our members,” said Glover about the current closing of the government. “All our members either work every day without remuneration, or are at home at Furlough and do not receive payment.”
Capital-Star said on Tuesday that about 85% of Union members are still working and the rest have been imprisoned so far.
Glover mentioned that employees are still working with the transport security administration (TSA) at airports, US veterans department, prison office and others.
Glover is another problem Threats made by the Budget Bureau of the White House Potentially shoot government employees as the closure is closed.
“It’s bad things,” said Glover. “This is not helpful for the economy and this is not helpful for employees trying to put food on the table for their families, and American public opinion must wake up with what it is.”
Danny BauderPresident Philadelphia Afl-Cio, led employees at a rally with the singing “When employees are attacked”, “they get up, fight”.
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He said that the closing was the effort of Trump’s administration to “squeeze people” and force them to be wounded.
Glover also called for Solidarity of the Union.
“Relationships must meet and speak. Relationships do not have to be divided by this administration with” Here is a compact contract here. Here is a compact handshake, “said Glover. “Every relationship in this country must meet and say:” It is enough “for this administration and what they do to federal employees and what they do to constant employees.”
Boyle noticed that he did not first join the protest before Independence Hall during the second term of Trump. A few months earlier, Boyle and others organized a press conference that expresses the dissatisfaction of the Government Department (DOGE) by releasing federal employees.
While the federal government remains without a budget plan, Pennsylvania also remains the only state in the country This has not passed some form of the budget for the next financial year.
Although the house has no votes for the rest of the week, Boyle said that he was going to Washington tomorrow to find Republicans ready to negotiate the ending of the closure.
Union leaders do not agree with the support of Fetterman for the GOP STOP-GAP expenditure act
The US Senate on Monday He voted for the fifth time 52-42 According to the STOPGAP financing proposal for financing the government at the level of expenses from the time of Biden until the end of November. It required 60 votes to develop.
Only three selected officials exceeded the passage to join the Republicans in this proposal of expenses, including US senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.).
Fetterman said It was a unhappy day for the nation leading to the closing of the government.
“I voted for the extension of ACa’s tax breaks because I support them – but I will not vote for the chaos of closing our government,” said Fetterman. “I voted for our country over my party. Together we have to find a better way forward.”
Glover told The Capital-Star that he communicated with the “a little” staff and said that the reason for the senator is that government employees should not be a chip during closure, and instead they should be paid.
“The problem with this idea is that they do not negotiate,” said Glover.
Glover noticed the previous one Continuation of resolution After completing in March, supported by Fetterman, the Trump administration took place, making a federal labor force.
“There are all elements of federal agencies that simply crash without approval by Congress,” said Glover. “And this is our argument, do you have to put some protection here, in every financial calculation that is to protect the federal workforce against these crazy cuts. It just doesn’t make sense.”
“I do not care about the logic and justification of Senator Fetterman when it comes to this,” said Bauder from AFL-Cio. “I think that considering the overwhelming support for employees of the federal government and their relationship, and the fact that these organizations, these relationships, do not want to be closed, but they want it to be very clear who closed the government, and was closed by the White House of Trump, by the speaker of Johnson and by the Republican Senate.”
“And so, playing in Footy with the Senate with Republicans, and justifying their nonsense, everything he does is raising him and making them look like they are trying to do, he is really helpful,” he added.
Glover had elementary news for Fetterman.
“He must go to his republican buddies, with anyone he works with this side because he seems to adapt to the Republican Party,” said Glover. “Go, use it. Take federal employees to work. Negotiat. Take your colleagues to negotiate. That’s all we ask for.”
