A sign indicates that the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is closed due to lack of funding from the government during the fifth day of the government shutdown in Washington on Oct. 5, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
As the government shutdown approaches its eighth day, senators are weighing in on the White House’s new threats to refuse to back pay furloughed federal workers, increasing the pressure on Democrats to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Oct. 7, The Epoch Times confirmed that the White House Office of Management and the Budget (OMB) has drafted a legal memorandum which calls into question whether “non-essential” federal employees who are furloughed and do not work during the shutdown are entitled to back pay.
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