194 Republicans vote against back pay for federal workers hurt by Trump's shutdown tantrum
By
Lisa Needham -
June 26, 2019
The House GOP thinks that low-wage workers who lost five weeks of pay during Trump's unnecessary shutdown don't deserve to be repaid.
It's not surprising, but it is disappointing.
On Tuesday, Republicans in the House almost uniformly voted against giving low-wage federal contractors they back pay they lost during Trump's 35-day government shutdown stunt.
A full 194 of the chamber's 198 Republicans refused to vote for an appropriations bill that would help make federal contractors whole. Those low-wage employees — service workers, laborers, and mechanics — lost out on five weeks of pay while Trump shut down the government in a tantrum because no one wanted to fund his border wall.
Thankfully, since the Democrats hold the majority, the bill passed the House regardless.
The measure is hardly a windfall. It would cover up to $965 per employee per week, or less if the employee's actual pay was lower.
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