Trump doesn’t want to pay contractors for the shutdown

Harris L Shutdown February 13, 2019February 14, 2019 1 Minute

Contractors such as the custodial staff and cafeteria workers do not work for the government. They are private employees not covered by the agreement to pay federal workers for the shutdown. Many would be among the people who could least afford going without a paycheck. Democrats want to reimburse them but Trump doesn’t. Sad!

President Trump is blocking a measure to give back pay to federal contractors affected by last month's government shutdown as part of a bipartisan agreement to avert another federal closure, a Republican lawmaker says. https://t.co/yT5aUsdDux
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 14, 2019

Pelosi confidently says, "yes" the spending deal will pass House tomorrow night. But she said "we're still pushing" to get federal contractor backpay into the deal. "We have to keep trying because it's totally unfair."
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 13, 2019

Screwing over working people is definitely part of the Trump brand https://t.co/uqMeypSjVJ
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) February 13, 2019

On including back pay for federal contractors in the spending deal, Blunt tells reporters: “I’ve been told the president won’t sign that.”
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) February 13, 2019

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Published February 13, 2019February 14, 2019

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