Posted on 01/24/2019 12:15:39 PM PST by 11th_VA
House Republicans have now twice voted to pay government employees during the partial shutdown, but neither bill has passed the Democrat-controlled chamber.
“House Republicans have repeatedly introduced measures that would pay federal employees during the stalemate,” Rep. Mike Johnson, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said in a statement provided to The Daily Signal. “Unfortunately, Democrats refuse to budge.”
“It is disingenuous to express outrage over the approximately 800,000 workers missing paychecks, but then continue to vote in favor of withholding their pay. That is precisely what the majority of Democrats are doing,” Johnson added.
In a statement provided to The Daily Signal, Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., said that Democrats’ failure to vote with Republicans to pay federal employees is telling.
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Just print more dollars and pretend it’s missing. “What difference does it make” demoncrats
A very major paragraph.
Thin ‘em out.
If they don’t work they should not be paid — now or ever.
The gutless RINOs want to keep those paychecks coming while they sit at home doing nothing. The dems want to postpone the checks for political reasons. I don’t agree with any of them.
Googling it, I see not a single story outside of conservative outlets.
Meanwhile the dems and media desparately search for an impact of this shut down. 800,000 people not at their jobs yet still acruing full pay and benefits ( try to get that in the private sector) and so far I get “new craft beer labels aren’t being approved).
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