Boehner to Be Paid as Soldiers Wait If Government Closes
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As tomorrow night’s deadline for avoiding a government shutdown nears, about 800,000 “non-essential” federal workers face the prospect of getting no pay at all for time lost to the political impasse.
Elected officials, including Republican House Speaker John Boehner, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama, all would be paid as usual during a shutdown, unless Congress changes the law. Soldiers, law enforcement officers and other government employees whose jobs are deemed essential would continue to work yet wouldn’t get paychecks until the budget standoff is resolved.