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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 13h

Trump breaks with Johnson & Thune on stand-alone bill for military pay during shutdown

"Yeah, that probably will happen. We don’t have to worry about it yet. That’s a long time. You know what one week is for me? An eternity. One week for me is a long time. We’ll take care of it"

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 13h

Trump doesn't clarify whether he will follow 2019 law, provide back pay -

"We’re going to see. Most of them are going to get back pay and we’re going to try to make sure of that. But some of them are being hurt very badly by the Democrats and they therefore won’t qualify."

Air traffic control staffing steady, but stress during shutdown worries DOT

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Jacob Fischler @fischler.bsky.social · 15h

Air traffic control staffing steady, but stress during shutdown worries @usdot.bsky.social.

The Federal Aviation Administration reported no travel delays due to staffing levels at U.S. air traffic control facilities Wednesday, following a day of some delays related to above-average absences ...

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 16h

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears

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WASHINGTON — Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown. That would be followed later in th...

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 17h

Tillis: “Go take a look at the list of Democrats who are either not running for reelection or not up until 28 or 30. There are plenty of them to walk the plank like I have multiple times to get the government funded and then the discussions start.”

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 17h

Tillis says the shutdown could last “another couple of weeks.”

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 18h

Rounds: “There’s no framework. There's just there's just a matter of a clarification about how important it is to get the shutdown over with, and once we get that shutdown over with, we'll go back to bipartisan work in the Senate.”

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 18h

Murkowski (cont.): “It doesn't mean that we wait until then to start conversations, and that's what we're doing. We're talking but we’re taking outside of the range of your microphones.”

Government shutdown enters day six with talks over health care at an impasse

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 18h

Murkowski: “I think the leadership has made very, very clear that the way to open up the government is, let's pass a bill that will allow us to open up the government, and then there's a lot of good conversations that can go on.”

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 19h

Johnson also addressed this yesterday, but he appeared a bit more firm today that furloughed federal workers need to get back pay after the shutdown ends.

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gove...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who get their health insurance from ...

A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 19h

Speaker Johnson appears to say furloughed federal workers should get back pay under 2019 law

"It has always been the case. It is tradition and I think it is statutory law that federal employees be paid. And that’s my position."

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 1d

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities.

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue citie...

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump says he'll likely announce layoffs in four or five days unless the shutdown ends before then.

"If this keeps going on it’ll be substantial and a lot of those jobs will never come back."

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: "We got it all done. We don't need anything else. We got everything we want."

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, speaking off the cuff, seems to say Republicans don't need to pass any other stand-alone bills after OBBBA.

"We don't need another bill. We don't need any more bills. I said let's get it all at once."

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump (cont.): "... There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of and we'll take care of them in a different way."

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: "I would say it depends on who we're talking about. I can tell you this: the Democrats have put a lot of people in great risk and jeopardy. But it really depends on who you're talking about. But for the most part we're going to take care of our people..."

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump mostly sidesteps questions about whether he will follow the 2019 law and provide back pay for federal workers placed on furlough during the shutdown once Congress approves a funding bill.

"I would say it depends on who we're talking about."

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1d

Jeffries: "A one-year extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits is a nonstarter."

Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois

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Jacob Fischler @fischler.bsky.social · 1d

Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois. Story for @statesnewsroom.com

A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block t...

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to...

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1d

House Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries: "The law is clear -- every single furloughed employee is entitled to pay back. Period. Full stop. The law is clear and we will make sure that that law is followed."

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson, pressed on the change in legal view at the White House over back pay for furloughed workers, says he hopes they do get their paychecks after the shutdown ends.

"I can tell you the president believes that as well. He and I have talked about this personally."

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson: "I’m sure there will be a lot of discussion about that. But there are legal analysts who think that is not something that government should do. If that is true, that should turn up the urgency and the necessity of the Democrats doing the right thing here."