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Some employees get back pay when the shutdown ends, but not all

Some people still do. My coworkers wife at the EPA will get back pay. The people who really lose out are the contractors

they may need to make concessions to the Democrats

This feels like the only way forward, but that would mean Mccarthy would have to be bipartisan and I don’t see that happening, just as much as I don’t see the far right GOP conceding

No they can usually pass a continued resolution, which extends current funding levels for a specified amount of time. This usually gives them enough time to actually figure something out.

Right now is different though. There is so much infighting in the GOP that the far right wingers are holding the House hostage. They put forth a bill today (or yesterday? ) that 20 of the GOP switched sides just to make it fail (not that it would have made it through the senate and Biden threaten veto at it anyway). Theyre wasting time, and it seems the extreme rights in the GOP aren’t cooperating because they want a shutdown.

McCarthy has no control. He made too many concessions to become speaker, and now a vocal minority is essentially in control

It’s a small price to pay for a corroborating witness. This guy is a footnote, at best, in this story.

Canadian, probably? Niagara is on the usa/Canadian border

You realize that quote is from the Jewish victim in the story, right?

Fraud is just good business practice! He’s so smart for that

Very illegal

It’s funny that you used 2x4-8 as your example for length, because a 2x4-8 stud is not actually 8 foot. If you’re looking for 8 foot 2x4, you need to be careful that you are buying true 8 foot boards, and not 8 foot studs.

That being said, that’s the only board I’m familiar with that has a length that’s not always true length