Democrats demand back pay plus interest for federal workers hit by the shutdown

By Pete Kasperowicz

Published February 8, 2019 5:27pm ET

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Democrats demand back pay plus interest for federal workers hit by the shutdown — Government workers rally against the partial government shutdown at Federal Plaza, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in Chicago. The partial government shutdown continues to drag on with hundreds of thousands of federal workers off the job or working without pay as the border wall fight persists. | (Kiichiro Sato/AP)

A handful of House Democrats this week pushed to ensure federal workers furloughed in last month’s government shutdown get both back pay plus interest on that pay.

The bill from Reps. Terri Sewell of Alabama and Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland is meant to help make amends for the partial government shutdown that stopped paychecks to 800,000 federal workers for more than a month.

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