Johnson's Big Admission On If Furloughed Federal Workers Will Get Back Pay Once Shutdown Ends

Speaker Mike Johnson said that federal workers furloughed during the shutdown should receive back pay, but he also raised the prospect that those payments might not be forthcoming. “I hope that the furloughed workers receive back pay, of course,” Johnson told reporters in the Capitol. “We have some extraordinary Americans who serve the federal government — they serve valiantly and they work hard and they serve in these various agencies doing really important work.” n18oc_world n18oc_crux