Key GOP senator offers proposal to pay essential and furloughed workers during shutdown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So pay us but not pass the rest of the budget or negotiate on health care?

Sigh. I'd take a paycheck but this is ridiculous

It is, but it takes this paycheck hostage situation off the table, and it's an incentive to get to yes on the budget because you will then actually be paying people not to work. I'm going to call my reps and support the pay all feds. Paying only excepted/essential workers opens another can of worms. I'm not excepted but have been working about 12-15 hours a week on excepted activities. Are they going to give me a partial paycheck?

That is *exactly* what is happening now. The only difference is the timing of the paycheck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Johnson’s version of the bill allowed Trump to pick and choose who to pay. Does this version do the same? Under the democrat’s version of the bill, everyone would get paid.

I don't think anybody's seen text yet, but Ron Johnson's remarks suggested he would support a version that paid all federal employees, but did not limit RIFs. Whether RIFs can be conducted during a shutdown is being litigated now.

That bill already exists. Sen. Peters introduced it and it's called the Military and Federal Employee Protection Act. It says nothing at all about RIFs. Sen. Johnson blocked it.

Good point, though the Peters bill also covered contractors (which I support - just pointing out the difference) and only covered back pay to the date of enactment, not pay going forward.

Maybe Peters should reintroduce that one and see what Johnson says now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So pay us but not pass the rest of the budget or negotiate on health care?

Sigh. I'd take a paycheck but this is ridiculous

It is, but it takes this paycheck hostage situation off the table, and it's an incentive to get to yes on the budget because you will then actually be paying people not to work. I'm going to call my reps and support the pay all feds. Paying only excepted/essential workers opens another can of worms. I'm not excepted but have been working about 12-15 hours a week on excepted activities. Are they going to give me a partial paycheck?

That is *exactly* what is happening now. The only difference is the timing of the paycheck.

Well given the choice of being paid on time, and being paid at some indeterminate point in the future, which would you pick?

They should do this. Fed employees are not bargaining chips and their salaries are a drop in the bucket. This is the price the public should pay for a functional government. Put the pressure on Congress, where it should be.

[Anonymous]

What is happening is easy.

Republicans will never open the goverenment because they do not want to seat anyone else at the table.

If they seat the new Dem Epstein files will be released.

Second reason The Heritage Foundation most of you never read Project 2025.

So here we are Republicans wasting moneies while Trump rakes in the dough and the National Debt, Inflation and unemployment rise.

Republicans have the majority they can end this at any time.

If you think they will you have not been paying attention.

And Ron Johnson is a Putin loving snake. He voted against opening the government. There is not one Republican that cares about Americans not one. This is on them.

[Anonymous]

You feds are in a tough spot, but you knew where you were going to work when you went there. You need to wait it out so the ACA subsidies can get extended. If you cave now the gop will just use it as an excuse to start firing you. That's facts.

[Anonymous]

I just assume anyone still talking about Epstein from either party is a lunatic at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You feds are in a tough spot, but you knew where you were going to work when you went there. You need to wait it out so the ACA subsidies can get extended. If you cave now the gop will just use it as an excuse to start firing you. That's facts.

Oh shut up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just assume anyone still talking about Epstein from either party is a lunatic at this point.

No Maga idiot

Johnson hasn't seated the next House Rep and we all know why.
Why don't you fool?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just assume anyone still talking about Epstein from either party is a lunatic at this point.

LOL, shift has started in the troll mines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You feds are in a tough spot, but you knew where you were going to work when you went there. You need to wait it out so the ACA subsidies can get extended. If you cave now the gop will just use it as an excuse to start firing you. That's facts.

This is the wrong take.

Feds are not the problem don't blame them.
Republicans are 100% at fault here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just assume anyone still talking about Epstein from either party is a lunatic at this point.

No Maga idiot

Johnson hasn't seated the next House Rep and we all know why.
Why don't you fool?

All the new rep can do is put the Epstein thing to a vote. It’ll never actually be published.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You feds are in a tough spot, but you knew where you were going to work when you went there. You need to wait it out so the ACA subsidies can get extended. If you cave now the gop will just use it as an excuse to start firing you. That's facts.

This is the wrong take.

Feds are not the problem don't blame them.
Republicans are 100% at fault here.

I agree and I didn't say that feds are the problem. I said feds will need to wait for their paychecks. Feds are a distraction from the ACA subsidies. This "compromise" is a trap. And the gop is offering it because they are scared. Hold out for the ACA and your salaries will follow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You feds are in a tough spot, but you knew where you were going to work when you went there. You need to wait it out so the ACA subsidies can get extended. If you cave now the gop will just use it as an excuse to start firing you. That's facts.

I’m 100% supportive of waiting for the GOP to cave, hopefully because they’re getting enormous pressure from their voters. That being said, I’m not sure what you mean by “you knew you where you were going to work when you went there” - nobody could’ve foreseen the Trump idiocy and Republican abject capitulation 15+ years ago when I started.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not going to click your trash link. It’s possible what you say is true but they have lost all credibility. The hill is a groveling access outlet and its journalists should be ashamed.

Yeah, The Hill is owned by Nexstar. Same people who wanted to cancel Kimmel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You feds are in a tough spot, but you knew where you were going to work when you went there. You need to wait it out so the ACA subsidies can get extended. If you cave now the gop will just use it as an excuse to start firing you. That's facts.

What are you talking about? This is unprecedented set of events for federal employment.