Vance tells Marines they’ll get paid despite ‘Schumer shutdown’

Valletta said:

“I bring greetings today from our commander in chief, Donald J. Trump, and he wanted me to tell each and every single one of you that he’s proud of you, that he loves you,” Vance said.

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Why couldn’t the president be there to tell them that himself?

Valletta said:

“I bring greetings today from our commander in chief, Donald J. Trump, and he wanted me to tell each and every single one of you that he’s proud of you, that he loves you,” Vance said. “And despite the Schumer shutdown, he is going to do everything he can to make sure you get paid exactly what you deserve.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5562206-vance-shutdown-marine-corps-pay/

It's the right thing to do.

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I don't recall a "It's the right thing to do" exception to the appropriations clause.

Arcangl86 said:

I don't recall a "It's the right thing to do" exception to the appropriations clause.

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Well, the fix is already in. If he doesn't "manage to pay them", the evil democrats were just too strong in their power grab towards the purse of loyal american soldiers.

I always thought the more apropos solution to these shutdowns would be...
At 7 days: suspend pay for congressmen and senators (and their staffers) until it gets resolved.
At 14 days: actual fines imposed on them
At 30 days: failure to reach an agreement means governors have the option to call a special election to replace them if they so choose (the same way they do when one of them vacates a seat)


As much as I dislike the "4th branch of government" (the bureaucracy), their pay getting frozen doesn't do anything to bring a swifter end to these shutdowns as it doesn't instill the right sense of urgency in the legislature.

The notion that there's a shutdown, and outlets are reporting "well, no agreement was reached, so they'll be back in 5 days to restart negotiations" is unacceptable. If there's outstanding assignments that are urgent and time sensitive at my job, I don't get to bail on Thursday and say "well, have a good long weekend, we'll pick this back up on Tuesday", it's more of a "it's gonna be a busy weekend, put on a pot of coffee".