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Republican senator says back pay for federal workers is ‘not up to the president’

Summary by The Hill
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said on Tuesday that the president does not get to decide whether furloughed federal workers are entitled to back pay. “It’s not up to the president,” Kennedy told reporters, when asked at the Capitol about the Trump administration “not necessarily committing to back pay” for the federal workers. “I mean, his…

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The Hill broke the news in Washington, United States on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
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