GOP votes against giving back pay to federal contractors

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Jan. 30, 2019

House Democrats have introduced legislation to reimburse federal contract for their lost paychecks during the shutdown. Custodians, security guards, cafeteria workers and millions of other contract workers missed almost 10 percent of their annual pay because Trump's antics. But not a single Republican member of Congress has signed on to support the bill.

Instead Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans are focused on lining the pockets of their wealthy donors. Earlier this week they proposed eliminating the estate tax, which currently only only applies to estates over $11 million per couple. Once again, Mitch McConnell and Republicans have placed the interests of their donors ahead of American workers.