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FIRST ON FOX: A group of House GOP veterans are pressing Senate Democrats who also served in the military to support Republicans’ federal funding bill and end the government shutdown.
U.S. troops are poised to miss their first paycheck of the ongoing shutdown on Oct. 15 with Republicans and Democrats still not able to agree on a path forward by next week.
“We are a group of military veterans now serving in the House of Representatives who voted YES for the House’s September 19th Continuing Resolution. We write to you, fellow Veterans now serving in the United States Senate, who have voted NO on that same resolution multiple times. We hope you receive this letter in the manner in which it is intended: as brothers and sisters in arms, not as partisans,” a letter sent on Saturday read.
“This short-term measure contains no cuts, no policy riders, and no gimmicks. It simply keeps the government open while giving Congress time to responsibly negotiate the twelve long-term appropriations bills. Most importantly, it ensures that our troops, the same men and women with whom we once served, continue to receive their pay without interruption.”
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U.S. soldiers disembark inside the Naval Base Camilo Osias in Santa Ana, Cagayan province, northern Philippines after participating in joint military exercises on Monday, May 6, 2024. (Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
The Senate would need to pass the House GOP’s funding bill by Monday, Oct. 13, for military paychecks to go out on time the following Wednesday, according to Military Times.
But the Senate will likely not be in session because Monday is a federal holiday, meaning the next earliest possible vote is Tuesday.
Active duty service members, like other federal employees deemed essential, must keep working through a government shutdown.
The possibility of them missing their next paychecks has become a particularly painful…
