President Trump says some furloughed federal workers ‘don’t deserve’ backpay

It's supposed to be payday for many federal workers. Instead, they're getting nothing

Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.

With Trump threats on back pay, another blow to public servants

President Trump's latest threat, to withhold back pay due to workers furloughed by an ongoing government shutdown, is adding fresh uncertainty to the beleaguered federal workforce.

Cutting Back the Administrative State

The Trump Administration’s approach to the government shutdown is aimed above all at recovering the unitary executive as envisioned by the framers of the Constitution. Article II’s vesting clause, the epitome of “short and sweet,” empowers the president to control the executive branch, as Alexander Hamilton explained in Federalist 70. Though the administrative state steadily seized the chief executive’s power throughout the 20th century, Preside…

'Not appropriate or necessary': Trump and Republicans plan to deny furloughed workers back pay and blame Dems

Donald Trump controls the presidency, the Senate, the House, and has the Republican Party wrapped around his little finger. So, naturally, it’s the Democrats’ fault that everything is going extraordinarily badly for America Trump is currently frantically trying to blame Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown, which began at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1 after Congress and Trump failed to reach a deal to fund the government after refusing to offer …

Trump says some furloughed workers might not get back pay

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