{"id":23260,"date":"2025-10-29T14:24:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=23260"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:24:55","slug":"merkley-wyden-backing-bills-to-stand-up-for-federal-workers-during-republican-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-backing-bills-to-stand-up-for-federal-workers-during-republican-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley, Wyden Backing Bills to Stand Up for Federal Workers During Republican Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013&nbsp;Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden said today they joined their Senate colleagues to co-sponsor two bills to pay all federal employees, federal contractors, and servicemembers during the ongoing Republican-led government shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump and Congressional Republicans don&#8217;t get to pick and choose who they want to pay and not pay during a government shutdown\u2014full stop,\u201d <strong>merkley dijo<\/strong>. \u201cIf Republicans are serious about ensuring all federal workers get their paychecks, they must work with Democrats to swiftly pass a common-sense solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump isn\u2019t a king who can treat federal workers like pawns as part of his maneuvers during this shutdown he and congressional Republicans created,\u201d <strong>dijo Wyden.<\/strong> \u201cThis legislation would ensure tens of thousands of federal workers in Oregon along with their colleagues across the country get the pay they have earned for doing their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>El <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanhollen.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/van-hollen-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-pay-all-federal-employees-servicemembers-and-contractors-during-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>True Shutdown Fairness Act<\/em><\/a>\u2014led by Maryland\u2019s U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen\u2014would pay all federal employees, including those excepted and furloughed, as well as servicemembers and federal contractors. The bill would also stand up against the Trump Administration\u2019s attempts at mass firings (Reductions in Force or RIFs) while the federal government is shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texto completo de la <em>True Shutdown Fairness Act<\/em> can be found by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanhollen.senate.gov\/download\/true-shutdown-fairness-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peters.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/video-peters-urges-colleagues-to-pass-bill-to-pay-military-personnel-and-all-federal-employees-during-government-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Military and Federal Employee Protection Act<\/em><\/a>\u2014led by Michigan\u2019s U.S. Senator Gary Peters\u2014would pay military personnel, federal employees, and federal contractors whose salaries have been interrupted by the current government shutdown. The bill would provide a one-time appropriation to pay servicemembers, federal employees, and contractors who have missed any compensation from October 1 to the date the bill is enacted, because of this government shutdown. The bill ensures that both furloughed employees, as well as employees who have been excepted from furlough status and are continuing to work, are guaranteed to receive their standard pay. The bill would also require that all employees receive any delayed compensation within one week of enactment, to ensure they are paid in a timely fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texto completo de la <em>Military and Federal Employee Protection Act <\/em>can be found by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peters.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/military_and_federal_employees_protection_act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013&nbsp;Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden said today they joined their Senate colleagues to co-sponsor two bills to pay all federal employees, federal contractors, and servicemembers during the ongoing Republican-led government shutdown. \u201cPresident Trump and Congressional Republicans don&#8217;t get to pick and choose who they want to pay and not pay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":17054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-23260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-jobs-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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