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The House and Senate this week voted overwhelmingly to provide back pay to about 800,000 federal workers who are going without paychecks because of the partial government shutdown.
But seven lawmakers all House Republicans opposed the measure. Those "no" votes came from Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Glen Grothman (Wis.), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Chip Roy (Texas) and Ted Yoho (Fla.).
President Trump on Thursday indicated he would sign the bill, leading to its passage by unanimous consent in the Senate later that day. On Friday, the House cleared the measure in a 411-7 vote.
In 2013, the House approved back pay for government workers in that year's shutdown in a 407-0 vote. The same measure received unanimous support in the Senate.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/424942-the-7-republicans-who-voted-against-back-pay-for-furloughed-government-workers
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)Ohiogal
(32,196 posts)could these cretins have for voting against this bill?
haele
(12,699 posts)Their G-D Racist Wall needs to be paid for, and I suspect they have no problems taking it out of the Government payroll. They probably think Government Employees get paid too much to begin with.
Haele
MarcA
(2,195 posts)over the ACA while having taxpayers funded healthcare for his
Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
louis-t
(23,315 posts)Jeez, these people are evil.