U.S. military personnel don’t automatically get paid during a government shutdown – but they’ve been paid before during government shutdowns, either through stopgap legislation or because Congress was able to pass a spending bill to keep the Department of Defense funded. Congresspeople always get paid during a government shutdown under federal law.

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    1 day ago

    vital that they are paid during a shutdown

    I’d argue that applies at least as much to the troops themselves. Making the literal entire DoD suddenly WAY more susceptible to bribes is a great way to get a lot of people (military or otherwise) killed.