Christmas just got a little longer for federal employees thanks to an executive
order issued by President Donald Trump Tuesday night that excuses them from
working Christmas Eve Christmas Eve falls on a Monday in 2018 so federal
workers will get a four-day weekend to celebrate the holiday as the possibility
of a government shutdown looms reported WTOP giving federal workers a reprieve
when Christmas Day falls on a Tuesday as the norm
according to WTOP Trump's executive order also ensures that agency and
department heads still have authority to determine if any employees need to work
on Christmas Eve for reasons of national security defense or other public need
right double quotation mark the federal government employs more than 2 million
people full-time excluding u-s postal service employees according to governing
komm roughly 80% of them work outside of the washington d.c comma region former
presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush granted federal employees four-day
weekends in 2012 2007 and 2001 according to WTOP meanwhile Congress has days to
avoid a partial government shutdown after a short-term continuing resolution
to fund the government expires Friday at the center of the funding battle is the
border wall Trump wants to build u-s President Donald Trump second from right
argues about border security with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer right and
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as vice president Mike Pence sits nearby in
the Oval Office on Dec 11 2008 een in washington d-c photo by mark wastin
Getty Images the White House previously demanded five
billion dollars in border wolf funding an amount Democratic lawmakers said they
would not give White House press secretary Sarah Sanders seemed to
indicate a trump administration would be more willing to
by John the five billion dollar figure than previously thought during a Fox
News interview Tuesday I am proud to shut down the government for border
security Chuck Trump said on Dec 11 during a meeting with Senate Minority
Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
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