Are furloughed federal employees entitled to backpay?

The short answer is yes furloughed federal employees are entitled to backpay, but the mechanism a little complicated.

And, importantly, it means the House GOP CR is insufficient for reopening the govt & needs to be amended.

Thread explaining:

#VoldeVought is the dark puppet master out to destroy the federal workforce!👿
#RussellVought
#VoughtOMB
#VoughtProject2025
#Project2025

I’ve spent my career in public service & am 💔 by the stories of others who have had their public service arbitrarily cut short. These stories are powerful testaments to the American people & Congress about the vital work federal employees do every day.

Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile.

Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons.

Like wtf?

Unbelievable- our adversaries are locking their chops with delight

As thousands of dedicated public servants are fired tonight, remember that payroll is only 4% of the federal budget. This will not change the federal fiscal position. It will imperil public health and safety, and degrade public services.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

Oh look - SpaceX received funds for their government contract when other funds are frozen / contracts terminated

I wonder why that is… (angry sarcasm font)

Aaaand here it is - the GOP House Budget Resolution calls for cuts to Medicare and Social Security

From Heather Cox Richardson this evening

Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.

Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Shipped the 29K metric tons of American food on American ships instead of letting it rot
in a Texas warehouse.
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8

Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.

Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world

youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8

#saveforeignaid
#standwithUSAID

Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.

Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in
Central America

youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID

Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.

Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Bought 29K tons of produce and vegetable oil from American farmers to feed people, reducing mass migration
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid

Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.

Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.

Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID