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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUPDATED: How a Government Shutdown Impacts Pay, Benefits
This story was last updated Jan. 20.
The nation slipped into a government shutdown this morning as Congress hit a stalemate over operations funding for 2018.
How does a shutdown impact military and retiree pay and benefits or payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs?
The Defense Department issued some specific guidance as the shutdown loomed late Jan. 19. Here's what we know:
Active-duty troops, as well as Guard and Reserve members, do not get paid during a shutdown unless Congress passes a separate piece of legislation to do so. Such a bill pay was awaiting action from the House and Senate Saturday.
Without that legislation, known as the Pay Our Military Act, troop paychecks will not go out Feb. 1.
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VA DISABILITY PAY & GI BILL BENEFITS
Like retiree pay, VA disability pay and GI Bill payments are both funded through different legislation than is at risk on the Hill. For that reason, those checks are unlikely to be affected by a brief shutdown.
However, during the last shutdown in 2013, VA officials warned that if the closure extended beyond several weeks, disability checks were unlikely to go out to more than 5.1 million veterans.
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UPDATED: How a Government Shutdown Impacts Pay, Benefits (Original Post)
yuiyoshida
Jan 2018
OP
Dems tried to pass something last night to get them paid but repukes denied them.
onecaliberal
Jan 2018
#1
Exactly. Just like theyre blaming Dems for shutdown when they couldnt get their own
onecaliberal
Jan 2018
#3
My guess is it doesnt hurt republicans. With all the other shenanigans taking away healthcare and
onecaliberal
Jan 2018
#5
onecaliberal
(32,939 posts)1. Dems tried to pass something last night to get them paid but repukes denied them.
yuiyoshida
(41,867 posts)2. THIS IS HOW THE REPUBLICANS SUPPORT THE TROOPS
by denying them their paycheck?
onecaliberal
(32,939 posts)3. Exactly. Just like theyre blaming Dems for shutdown when they couldnt get their own
Party to pass it.
yuiyoshida
(41,867 posts)4. I wonder how many in the Military will VOTE for a Republican
Next TIME?
onecaliberal
(32,939 posts)5. My guess is it doesnt hurt republicans. With all the other shenanigans taking away healthcare and
Making them pay more doesnt seem to have much effect of their support for dump or republicans.