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Defense contractors fight back against NDAA repair language - Roll Call

The issue is among the last unresolved matters facing negotiators aiming to reconcile before December the House and Senate fiscal 2026 NDAAs.

Roll Call

Senate Reaffirms Back Pay For 41 Days Of Missed Wages As Shutdown Nears End

As the U.S. government’s 2025 shutdown stretches into its 41st day, and several federal workers await relief, the Senate backed the funding bill to reopen the government on Monday. The stopgap measure not only funds agencies through January 2026 but reaffirms retroactive compensation for workers sidelined since Oct. 1.

Benzinga

Senate deal would reverse shutdown firings

It includes backpay for furloughed workers, and stymies the effort to slash the federal workforce.

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Democrats seek funding details on Cape Cod bridges, port projects - Roll Call

Democrats worry that a White House threat to pause Corps of Engineers funds could stall projects such as replacing bridges to Cape Cod, Mass.

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‘Radio silence’ on list of paused Army Corps projects - Roll Call

Two weeks ago, OMB announced a pause of $11 billion in Army Corps of Engineers funding. The list of projects targeted remains a mystery.

Roll Call

Exclusive: White House finds 11th-hour shutdown workaround to pay troops — for now

Otherwise Trump isn't planning to budge on the nearly month-old shutdown, even with as many as 42 million people set to lose food stamp benefits Saturday.

Axios

Exclusive: W.H. cites George Washington for Trump paying troops without Congress

The latest in a slew of what one official called "creative" ideas by OMB Director Russ Vought.

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OMB delays firing federal workers to comply with court order - Roll Call

The administration in court filings said it was holding off firing thousands of federal workers to comply with a temporary restraining order.

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Trump's military pay move puts Congress in the back seat on spending - Roll Call

Trump’s latest budget maneuver — paying military salaries out of unrelated research funding — makes lawmakers’ appropriations authority practically irrelevant, critics argue.

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OMB head says layoffs will be 'north of 10K' as judge blocks cuts - Roll Call

Lawsuit claims that firing federal employees during a shutdown is an unlawful abuse of power aimed at punishing workers, pressuring Congress.

Roll Call

Judge temporarily blocks firings by Trump administration during shutdown

Judge says White House office of management and budget took advantage of government shutdown in firing workers

The Guardian - US

‘Using us as political pawns’: federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay

Employees express growing anxiety over their pay – and the future of their jobs – amid the US government shutdown

The Guardian - US

White House Proposal To Withhold Back Pay From Federal Workers Is More Rhetoric Than Reform

A new White House budget memo frames shutdown furlough pay withholdings as fiscal restraint, but the budgetary impact is minimal—the greater effect may be expanding executive control over the federal bureaucracy.

Reason

Mike Johnson: "Of course" we'd give back pay to federal workers

The White House has made clear that back pay isn't a guarantee.

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2019 emails boost White House's view that furloughed workers aren't guaranteed back pay

The OMB's interpretation of the law has roiled Congress, outraged labor unions and added a layer of tension to the federal shutdown that began Oct. 1.

Roll Call

Stopgap fix or separate bill may be needed to unlock shutdown pay - Roll Call

A draft memo from White House budget office arguing there’s no obligation to give back pay to furloughed workers may have some legal merit.

Benzinga

Furloughed Federal Workers Not Guaranteed Back Pay After Government Shutdown, Says White House — Points To 2019 Law Signed By Trump

Furloughed federal workers are not guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the ongoing shutdown, according to a draft White House memo that reinterprets a 2019 back-pay law, Axios reported, raising new uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of employees.

The Guardian - US

White House says furloughed federal workers not entitled to back pay amid shutdown

OMB argues an amendment to a 2019 act would not guarantee furloughed workers post-shutdown pay

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The Independent UK

Trump spares DOGE and Russ Vought’s OMB from shutdown pain as thousands of White House staff are sent home

As about a third of White House staff are furloughed, DOGE and the Office of Management and Budget will keep moving along

Axios

The shutdown's quiet power broker: What to know about Russ Vought

The Trump White House turns to Vought for mastery of the bureaucracy.

The Independent UK

Government shutdown to continue into next week as Senate vote fails to break bitter partisan deadlock: Live updates

The White House threatens mass layoffs as Republicans and Democrats appear nowhere close to a deal

Axios

OMB chief Russell Vought: Federal workers layoffs to begin within a "day or two"

Vought told House Republicans the layoffs will be "consequential."

Reason

The White House Just Defunded a Federal Watchdog

The decision to close two federal watchdog agencies has drawn criticism from a pair of Republican senators.

Roll Call

Inspector general websites disappear as government shuts down - Roll Call

Some inspector general websites were down across the federal government on the first day of the partial government shutdown Wednesday.

Reason

Could This Be the Best Government Shutdown Ever?

Take your opportunities for smaller government where you find them.

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