Republican senator says back pay for federal workers is 'not up to the president'

[COL Mustard]

17. This is just more fear mongering from Vought and his henchmen

It's right there in the law:

"Each employee of the United States Government or of a District
of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in
appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in
appropriations, and each excepted employee who is required to perform
work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such
work, at the employee's standard rate of pay, at the earliest date
possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled
pay dates."