Calling it “a lump of coal in the stocking of every hardworking American honorably serving their country and every citizen who counts on critical government services,” AFGE president Everett Kelley yesterday warned that “A government shutdown just before the holidays would be a Christmas gift to America’s global adversaries, who are anxious to exploit every failure of our democratic system of government.” With Congress approaching a Dec. 3 funding deadline and the potential of a fourth government shutdown since 2018, Kelley said that “Our members have a simple message for Congress: Stop playing chicken with people’s lives and do your jobs.”
