""There are some people that don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way," Trump said during an event at the White House."
"He said back pay "depends on who we're talking about." Asked a second time about backpay for furloughed federal workers given that the requirement is spelled out in law, Trump said: "I follow the law, and what the law says is correct.""
""That should turn up the urgency and the necessity of the Democrats doing the right thing here," House Speaker Mike Johnson said at a press conference at the Capitol."
The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo stating that retroactive back pay for furloughed federal employees is not guaranteed and must be provided by Congress in any funding bill. The memo reverses a long-standing practice affecting roughly 750,000 furloughed workers and follows a 2019 law that ensured back pay after the longest shutdown. The administration framed the move as pressure on lawmakers during the ongoing shutdown. President Trump said back pay "depends on who we're talking about" and asserted he follows the law. Refusing retroactive pay would depart from norms and likely prompt legal challenges, while federal workers and military personnel have typically been reimbursed once the government reopens.
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