Lawmakers seek multiple routes to fund government

The House and Senate are pursuing various options to end the partial government shutdown that is now in its 34th day. Credit unions around the country have stepped up to support members whose pay has been affected; NAFCU is providing credit unions with a direct way to contact their lawmakers to share how the shutdown is hurting their communities and how their institution is helping members, and to urge an end to it.

Contact your representative and senators through NAFCU’s Grassroots Action Center.

The House Ways and Means Committee had scheduled a hearing to examine the shutdown’s impact on taxes and the IRS. However, the hearing was canceled last night as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declined the invite to testify. NAFCU sent a letter to Committee Chair Richard Neal, D-Mass., and Ranking Member Kevin Brady, R-Texas, to share how credit unions and their members are impacted by the shutdown.

Congress and the administration remain at odds over a solution to the lapse in funding that has shuttered nine federal departments and various agencies. President Donald Trump continues to press for full funding to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

 

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