Federal employees are guaranteed back pay at the end of any shutdown by law. This is not in question.
That law - the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act - passed nearly unanimously. Speaker Johnson and Leader Thune voted for it. Trump signed it.
The conventional wisdom is that furloughed federal workers get backpay when the shutdown ends
But a draft White House memo says that’s not the case as the Trump admin considers ratcheting up the pressure on Senate Dems to end the shutdown
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