US EditionUS Senate rejects bill to restore federal worker pay, remains at odds over shutdown
- On Friday, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill to pay federal workers forced to work without pay after Democrats refused to yield to GOP efforts without major concessions.
- Senate Democrats said they would not accept a partial funding measure that limits shutdown relief to some Americans, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer offered a shutdown end for a one-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which Republican senators dismissed as a nonstarter.
- Republicans added language to cover both essential and furloughed workers, GOP Senator Ron Johnson said he `literally begged` Democrats, and three Democrats—Ben Ray Lujan, Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock—supported the measure.
- The shutdown is likely to extend into next week, causing major air travel disruptions and uncertainty over aid, while House Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to reconvene the House until Senate Democrats reopen the government.
- Now an exasperated Senate Majority Leader John Thune has no clear path forward as he accused Senate Democrats of blocking the bill and said he is `tired of political games` on the Senate floor Friday.
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All But 3 Senate Democrats Block Bill To Pay Working Federal Employees Amid 38-Day Shutdown
A bipartisan measure aimed at immediately paying active-duty troops and essential federal employees, including Capitol Police officers, who are working without pay during the protracted government shutdown, was dramatically rejected in the Senate Friday evening. The bill, the Shutdown Fairness Act, failed to clear the 60-vote threshold, with a final tally of 53 to 43. […] All But 3 Senate Democrats Block Bill To Pay Working Federal Employees Ami…
DHS Assistant Secretary: TSA Workers are Sleeping in Their Cars to Save Gas as Government Shutdown Leaves Them Without Pay and Democrats Vote Against Proposal to Pay Federal Workers
Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin revealed on Saturday that some Transportation Security Administration employees are actually sleeping in their cars, apparently outside of the airports, to avoid spending money on gas and driving home while they work with no paycheck during the government shutdown. The shutdown became the longest in history on Wednesday after closing its 35th day. The previous record was set in Trump’s fir…
Due to the budgetary dispute, around 750,000 federal employees are on unpaid forced leave, while thousands more have to work without payment.
Faced with the situation of hundreds of thousands of public employees, the unions representing them had urged legislators to pass the law, noting that the closure, which began on October 1, was creating difficulties for ordinary Americans.
The U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill this Friday to pay federal workers forced to work without pay during the closure of the government, as Democrats refused to give in to attempts to...
By Sarah Ferris and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN - The U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill Friday to pay federal workers forced to work without pay during the government shutdown, as Democrats refused to back down from Republican attempts to fund any part of the government apparatus without major concessions to their party. The shutdown—already the longest on record—is likely to extend into next week as the painful consequences impact millions of A…
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