Trump Announces Deal to End Government Shutdown for 3 Weeks.
Source: NYT
*The decision paved the way for Congress to quickly pass spending bills that Mr. Trump will sign to restore normal operations at a series of federal agencies until Feb. 15 and begin paying again the 800,000 federal workers who have been furloughed or forced to work for free for 35 days.
He promised to ensure that workers will be compensated for the last five weeks. “I will make sure that all employees receive their back pay very quickly or as soon as possible,” he said. “It will happen fast.”
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Gotta say I'm not encouraged by these: “I will make sure that all employees receive their back pay very quickly or as soon as possible,” he said. “It will happen fast.”
I hope someones (other than he) take this seriously, and really does this. Treasury? Office of Personnel Management?
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