Why it matters: If the White House acts on that legal analysis, it would dramatically escalate President Trump’s pressure on Senate Democrats to end the week-old shutdown by denying back pay to as many as 750,000 federal workers after the shutdown.
I’m not sure it would. In the past, federal workers were always paid after the government opened up. If they aren’t paid this time when the GOP holds both the Executive and the Legislative branches, it would be silly to claim the Democrats would have the power to withhold payment.
This has occured at least 47 times I believe since Reagan started shutting down the government. If they got paid for all 46 other times, and not this one… It really should be pointing to this administration
It doesn’t stop them saying it. It stops it from being credible. Ever other GOP and Democratic President has always paid, even in trump’s first term during that shutdown. Now suddenly they can’t? If you mess with a worker’s pay you have highly reactive results.
I’m not sure it would. In the past, federal workers were always paid after the government opened up. If they aren’t paid this time when the GOP holds both the Executive and the Legislative branches, it would be silly to claim the Democrats would have the power to withhold payment.
This has occured at least 47 times I believe since Reagan started shutting down the government. If they got paid for all 46 other times, and not this one… It really should be pointing to this administration
Apparently big change comes with the number 47…
Why would that stop them from saying so?
It doesn’t stop them saying it. It stops it from being credible. Ever other GOP and Democratic President has always paid, even in trump’s first term during that shutdown. Now suddenly they can’t? If you mess with a worker’s pay you have highly reactive results.
I’ve seen a lot of YouTube videos that have titles like “boss didn’t pay man for two weeks then THIS happened “
It’s normally a video of a dude fucking wrecking the place with a tank made out of a forklift or something.
Marvin Heemeyer?
Staplerfahrer Klaus?
These people don’t care about credibility.
These people DO care about their paycheck, thats the difference here.
It’s not being silly, it’s just lying. The Republicans do it all the time. Nothing special about this time.
They lie, we know they lie, they know we know. It’s just arrogance and abuse of power.