The White House budget office vowed to continue laying off government agency workers, but pay military members and federal law enforcement as the U.S. shutdown entered into its 14th day with no resolution in sight.

“OMB is making every preparation to batten down the hatches and ride out the Democrats’ intransigence,” the Office of Management and Budget posted on social media on Tuesday. “Pay the troops, pay law enforcement, continue the RIFs, and wait.”

The White House budget office issued a first round of reductions in force, or RIFs, on Friday, terminating more than 4,000 federal workers, escalating the standoff with Democrats.

Those layoffs marked the first large-scale ouster of federal employees during a funding lapse in modern history, going beyond the furloughs that have character

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