As the government shutdown approaches its eighth day, senators are weighing in on the White House’s new threats to refuse to back pay furloughed federal workers, increasing the pressure on Democrats to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Oct. 7, The Epoch Times confirmed that the White House Office of Management and the Budget (OMB) has drafted a legal memorandum which calls into question whether “non-essential” federal employees who are furloughed and do not work during the shutdown are entitled to back pay.
With the government shutdown approaching the end of its seventh day, President Donald Trump has sought to ramp up pressure on Democratic senators to pass Republicans’ government funding bill by threatening mass layoffs of a portion of federal employees….
Senators Respond to White House Threats on Back Pay for Furloughed Workers as Shutdown Nears Day 8
