Thursday morning shutdown drama

[kanzeon_2040]

The federal budget runs out tomorrow night, and literally nobody on Capitol Hill knows whether an extension will pass by then or what might be in it. This because yesterday President-Elect Trump threatened Republicans with primary challengers two years from now if they wouldn't drop their carefully-negotiated bipartisan budget bill in favor of

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[legalmoose]

The backpay is now permanent law somewhere in 31 USC that I can't recall off the top of my head - feds will always receive back pay for time during a lapse (unlike contractors, who are screwed).