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• Trump says he can pick and choose which feds get back pay. Republicans in Congress mostly disagree - October 7, 2025

• By Eric Katz, Government Executive

  President Trump on Tuesday suggested he would select some furloughed federal workers to receive back pay while denying it for others, despite a legal requirement that all employees sent home during the funding lapse be made whole for their time missed during a shutdown.
  
  Trump’s comments followed the Office of Management and Budget stripping from its shutdown guidance that federal law requires agencies to provide back pay to furloughed workers, as Government Executive reported on Tuesday, and the White House subsequently drafting legal guidance arguing the statute does not, in fact, issue that mandate. Lawmakers of both parties on Tuesday pushed back on OMB’s view, suggesting all federal employees were guaranteed back pay when the government reopens.

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