Another Trump & Co. throw AT Democrats that would screw Federal employee’s….
And probably is gonna cost Republican’s votes…
It ain’t gonna work…..
The longer this goes on?
The more people ARE blaming Trump….
He’s the President, eh?
The White House stated in a memo that furloughed federal workers may not be eligible for back pay after the government shutdown, another escalation in its pressure campaign against Senate Democrats.
Axios first reported on the memo, which was later confirmed to POLITICO by administration officials in the White House and Office of Management and Budget. They were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.
The memo appears to contravene the 2019 “Government Employee Fair Treatment Act,” signed by President Donald Trump during his first term after a partial shutdown that stretched over 35 days. And it paints a cloudy economic picture for the 750,000 federal workers currently under furlough.
With Senate Democrats holding out for an extension on Obamacare subsidies, Trump and allies in the White House are using the threat of further culling the federal workforce to force them to support the GOP’s clean continuing resolution. The White House has also suspended energy and infrastructure funding for states that voted against Trump in the 2024 election, including California, New York and New Jersey.
And though Vice President JD Vance and other administration officials have insisted that Democrats would be at fault for any shutdown-related job cuts, Trump has emphasized the “unprecedented opportunity” to fire workers and slash “Democrat agencies.”
Congressional Democrats, however, said Trump and OMB Director Russ Vought would likely pursue more federal layoffs with or without a government shutdown. And they say the White House will be blamed for the fallout.
“He’s doing it, not Democrats,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday. “And the American people know that.”
*Update….
Trump bounces around but I think he says everybody WILL get paid acording to the law…..
President Trump on Tuesday suggested some government workers furloughed during the shutdown could receive backpay, while others won’t.
“I would say it depends on who we’re talking about. I can tell you this, the Democrats have put a lot of people in great risk and jeopardy. But it really depends on who you’re talking about,” Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with the prime minister of Canada.
“But for the most part, we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”
Asked later why he was saying only some workers should get backpay, Trump said to “ask the Democrats that question.”
When a reporter noted the law says workers will receive backpay after the government is reopened, Trump replied, “What the law says is correct, and I follow the law.”…
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Democrats and a major union representing federal workers have quickly pushed back on the suggestion that furloughed workers would not receive backpay….
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Jeffries says Democrats will demand back pay for furloughed workers: ‘The law is clear’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that the Trump administration has no legal basis for refusing back pay to furloughed federal workers, vowing that Democrats will fight to ensure those payments are made.
“The law is clear: Every single furloughed federal employee is entitled to backpay. Period. Full stop,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol. “The law is clear, and we will make sure that that law is followed.”…
Note….
Someone needs to put a muzzle on OMB Boss Vought who keeps goinmg hardcore and giving Democrtats polical ammo to shoot back at Trump and Republicans in the media…
Another Update…..
Members of Congress in both parties bristled Tuesday at a White House memo arguing that federal workers who have been furloughed as part of the government shutdown are not necessarily entitled to back pay.
Why it matters: The threat has had little apparent impact with its intended target — congressional Democrats — who expressed confidence that President Trump would ultimately lose any legal fight to deny shutdown pay.
“The law is simply not on the side of Trump’s threats to withhold pay from federal employees that he somehow disfavors,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in a phone interview.
Driving the news: The memo points to amended language in the “Government Employee Fair Treatment Act” of 2019, or GEFTA, that says compensation for furloughed employees is “subject to the enactment of appropriations Acts ending the lapse.”
In other words, the White House Office of Management and Budget argued in its legal analysis, the bill only guarantees back pay if Congress passes a bill providing it.
Labor attorney Nekeisha Campbell pushed back on that reading of the law, telling Axios’ Marc Caputo that “there is no legal authority” to support OMB’s interpretation of the statute and that it would only be upheld in court if Congress passed a new law contradicting that provision.
“The law here is quite clear,” said Sam Berger, senior fellow at the Center for Policy and Budget Priorities. “The caveat is, if you follow the law.”
What they’re saying: Democrats largely echoed Campbell and Berger’s interpretations, arguing that the Trump administration has no legal basis to withhold back pay and waving it off as a hollow threat.
“Every single furloughed federal employee is entitled to back pay. Period, full stop. The law is clear. We will make sure that law is followed,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said at a press conference….
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AGAIN?
OMB Boss Vouight KEEPS causing MORE political pain for Trump….