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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Vance Warns Federal Layoffs Could Come Soon If Shutdown Drags On [Watch (HLS stream): Vance Warns Federal Layoffs Could Come Soon If Shutdown Drags On](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fViCpLiM.m3u8) (2:01)  _Published 2025-10-01. Vice President J.D. Vance on Wednesday ratcheted up the Trump administration’s threat to lay off federal workers if Congress can’t pass a federal spending bill to end the first government shutdown in nearly seven years._ --- Oct 10, 2025 11:20 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Usha Vance, J.D. Vance's Wife, Introduces the Vice Presidential Nominee at the RNC](/video/gfXvhjYA/) ### Usha Vance, J.D. 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You guys say illegal illegal immigrants are getting taxpayer funded health care. Democrats say you're lying. That makes it feel like it could be a really long shutdown. Is this going to be a long shutdown? You know, I don't know. I can't predict what congressional Democrats are going to do, Peter, but I actually don't think it's going to be that long of a shutdown. This is a pure guess from the vice president of United States, because I think you already saw some evidence that moderate Democrats are cracking a little bit. They understand the fundamental illogic of this. Yesterday, President Trump said as a result of the shutdown, will be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected. And the Democrats, they are going to be Democrats. Has the administration asked agencies to target federal workers who they believe to be Democrats in these reductions of forces? We're not targeting federal agencies based on politics. We're targeting the people's government so that as much as possible of the essential services can continue to function. That is the question the president has asked. The entire government is fundamentally okay. We're in a shutdown that causes some problems. The troops aren't getting paid. There's nothing that we can do about that while the government is shut down. But there are essential services that we want to make sure as much as possible, they still continue to function. That is the principle that's driving us forward during the shutdown. It's going to continue to be the principle that drives us forward. But let's be honest, if this thing drags on for another few days or God forbid, another few weeks, we are going to have to lay people off. We're going to have to save money in some places so that essential services don't get turned off in other places. 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