Congress debates pay and benefits for federal workers amid shutdown
TL;DR
Amid ongoing government shutdown, some lawmakers are proposing bills to ensure pay and benefits for federal employees, including measures for immediate pay for working staff, back pay for contract workers, and financial relief options for affected employees, while others debate extending these protections to all federal workers.
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- Lawmakers seek to revise pay, benefits for some federal employees under shutdown Federal News Network
- GOP seeks to make Democrats sweat over pay during shutdown The Hill
- Jeffries rejects Republican bill giving shutdown pay to troops and federal workers Axios
- Senate to vote on immediately paying feds working during shutdown as funding deal remains elusive Government Executive
- Democrats drafting counterproposal for federal employee pay bill Politico
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