Military is guaranteed back pay.
Back pay.
As in, they aren't getting paid RIGHT NOW. Guess what? Bills wait for nobody. They keep coming in every month whether you have a paycheck coming in every month or not.
A lot of people can soak up one month of no pay and collect their back pay and everything will be fine. A lot of people will feel that sting for a month and be okay in the long run if that happens.
But what happens if this shutdown drags longer than last time because Democrats are so insane they just won't give in?
What happens when the military hasn't gotten a paycheck in 2, 3, 4 months?
Democrats have no idea what kind of pressure cooker they are heating up right now. The longer these people go without getting paid, the worse it's going to get - for Democrats.
Nothing will motivate them more to take action when ordered to do so than being 3 months behind bills having difficulty keeping things from going to collections. If the Democrats think they can starve out the military that way, they're in for a special kind of hell that they are really not prepared for.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5401/all-info
Looky at all the bipartisan cosponsors.
Pay Our Troops Act of 2026
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5401/text
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Even I can read this 1 page piece of legislation, even with my old eyes. Read it for yourself as you ponder the simplicity of single topic bills and regular order.
BTW, the House reconvenes on 10-7-2025. Seems I've seen that date in other GAW posts recently.
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The fact that they are introducing this as something that will take in effect in 2026 and expire in 2027 is quite telling.
Are they expecting this to go on for quite some time?
Perhaps it's referring to fiscal year 2026-2027?
It says it has a hard stop date of Jan 1, 2027 at the end of the document.
One POSSIBLE scenario might be that it drags out 6 weeks, military starts missing paychecks, and they ram this through in a hurry to keep the military from all quitting or outright revolting while they sort out all their other BS.