Congress debates troop pay amid looming government shutdown
TL;DR
Rep. Ken Calvert supports a bipartisan bill to pay troops during the government shutdown, challenging GOP leadership's stance, amid ongoing negotiations and looming pay deadlines, with White House considering alternative funding options.
- Republican defense cardinal throws weight behind bill to pay troops during shutdown Politico
- "The House is done": Johnson rules out stand-alone vote on paying troops during shutdown Axios
- The military usually gets paid during government shutdowns. Here's why they might not this time around. Yahoo
- House Democrats press Johnson to bring Pay Our Troops Act to the floor early next week Federal News Network
- Military families brace for missed paychecks as shutdown impacts are already accumulating CNN
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