The White House isn’t publicly promising that federal workers sent home by the government shutdown will be paid eventually.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday did not answer definitively whether furloughed workers would be entitled to retroactive pay, despite a law signed by President Donald Trump during his first term aimed at ensuring that such employees would get paid eventually.
“This is something we are very much open to discussing with Democrats as part of the discussions about the continuing resolution to keep the government open,” Leavitt told reporters Tuesday during a White House press conference.
“It’s something that Republicans are talking with Democrats about right now,” she said. “I won’t get ahead of those negotiations or discussions.”
