"Administration officials stress the request is in line with traditional procedures seven days ahead of a shutdown and not a commentary on the likelihood of a congressional deal," the Post reports. "Democrats and Republicans have made clear they intend to fund the government before its funding expires on Sept. 30, but time is running out and lawmakers are aiming to resolve an enormous set of tasks to in a matter of weeks."
Bill Hoagland, a senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center and former Republican staff director for the Senate Budget Committee, warned that parts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health would close in a shutdown, the Post reports: "Hoagland said a very brief shutdown may occur but said he doubted it would go on for 'any length of time'." But he also said, “This would be the first shutdown during a declaration of national emergency. In the midst of an ongoing pandemic and non-resolved issues related to the delta virus, to have a shutdown of some of the major federal agencies would add unbelievable complications to our ability to recover.”
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