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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:14 PM Jan 2019

The 7 Republicans who voted against back pay for furloughed workers

The House and Senate this week voted overwhelmingly to provide back pay to about 800,000 federal workers who are going without paychecks because of the partial government shutdown.

But seven lawmakers — all House Republicans — opposed the measure. Those "no" votes came from Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Glen Grothman (Wis.), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Chip Roy (Texas) and Ted Yoho (Fla.).

President Trump on Thursday indicated he would sign the bill, leading to its passage by unanimous consent in the Senate later that day. On Friday, the House cleared the measure in a 411-7 vote.

In 2013, the House approved back pay for government workers in that year's shutdown in a 407-0 vote. The same measure received unanimous support in the Senate.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/424942-the-7-republicans-who-voted-against-back-pay-for-furloughed-government-workers

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The 7 Republicans who voted against back pay for furloughed workers (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 OP

They should be furloughed crazycatlady Jan 2019 #1

What possible reason Ohiogal Jan 2019 #2

Freedumb Caucus members? They don't like the Government, so they got elected to shut it down? haele Jan 2019 #3

Roy, hypocrite and a true enemy of the people, wanted government shutdown MarcA Jan 2019 #5

7 particularly horrible kind of Republics. louis-t Jan 2019 #4

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)

1. They should be furloughed

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:15 PM

Jan 2019

Ohiogal

(31,979 posts)

2. What possible reason

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:30 PM

Jan 2019

could these cretins have for voting against this bill?

haele

(12,647 posts)

3. Freedumb Caucus members? They don't like the Government, so they got elected to shut it down?

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:47 PM

Jan 2019

Their G-D Racist Wall needs to be paid for, and I suspect they have no problems taking it out of the Government payroll. They probably think Government Employees get paid too much to begin with.

Haele

MarcA

(2,195 posts)

5. Roy, hypocrite and a true enemy of the people, wanted government shutdown

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 05:07 PM

Jan 2019

over the ACA while having taxpayers funded healthcare for his
Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

louis-t

(23,292 posts)

4. 7 particularly horrible kind of Republics.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:48 PM

Jan 2019

Jeez, these people are evil.

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