WASHINGTON (Oct. 10) –The U.S. Senate adjourned and members left town late Thursday, guaranteeing that all federal workers will miss their first paycheck – including 1.3 members of the U.S. military – because of the Pentagon’s paycheck processing process.
And it’s becoming more evident that the shutdown is going to last much longer than GOP leaders had anticipated.
At a Friday morning press conference, a frustrated House Speaker Mike Johnson bristled as reporters asked him why he would not call back U.S. House members to vote for a bill – which Democrats would support. Johnson has disbanded the U.S. House for more than two weeks and says he won’t reconvene the chamber until Senate Democrats vote for his stopgap bill.
“If you’re a service member who’s lacking a paycheck, it’s because Chuck Schumer has to appease the Marxists. Plain and simple,” Johnson said. “Shame on you Chuck. Every Senate Democrat is going along with this. You lack the moral fortitude to do the right thing.”
If all active-duty troops are not paid on time, it would be a first in U.S. history since the military’s payroll has been guaranteed in previous shutdowns.
Trump, meanwhile, has said he will find a way to pay the military. The president could shift money around to do that, but there’s a question of the legality of that during a shut down.
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