"The House is done": Johnson rules out stand-alone vote on paying troops during shutdown

""Hakeem Jeffries and the House Democrats ... are clamoring to get back here and have another vote, because some of them want to get on record and say they're for paying the troops. We already had that vote. It's called the CR," Johnson added."

""The President has made it clear: we must pay our troops. I'm urging the Speaker and our House leadership to immediately pass my bill to ensure our servicemembers, many of whom live paycheck to paycheck while supporting their families, receive the pay they've earned. Military pay should not be held hostage due to Washington's dysfunction!" she said."

"Catch up quick: Congress has previously stepped in during shutdowns to protect military pay. In 2013, Congress passed the Pay Our Military Act just hours before the government shut down. And in 2019, Congress had already passed the Department of Defense appropriations bill, and pay for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps was not disrupted. The Coast Guard, howev"

House Republican leadership refused to convene members for an immediate vote to secure military pay during the shutdown, asserting the chamber already approved a clean stopgap. The GOP strategy aims to increase pressure on Democrats by making the shutdown more painful to force reopening. Virginia Rep. Jen Kiggans introduced a bill with 122 bipartisan co-sponsors to cover armed forces pay, including the Coast Guard. Active-duty troops will continue working without pay but are set to receive back pay once the government reopens. The House has not voted since Sept. 19; past shutdowns saw Congress step in to protect military pay.

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