Posts - Bill - S 3165 True Shutdown Fairness Act

senate 11/07/2025 - 119th Congress

We are working to ensure that federal employees and contractors receive their regular pay and benefits even during government shutdowns, preventing them from facing financial hardship due to lapses in appropriations.

S 3165 - True Shutdown Fairness Act

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right-leaning 11/07/2025

If you can’t pass a budget on time, should taxpayers keep footing the bill? Hard pass from me.

right-leaning 11/07/2025

Lip service to workers, sure—but this just lets federal employees off the hook for Congress’s incompetence.

moderate 11/07/2025

Paying employees through a shutdown is smart politics—nobody wins with burnt-out government workers.

left-leaning 11/07/2025

No more holding paychecks hostage—this is basic fairness, not a budget negotiation tactic.

right-leaning 11/07/2025

So now Congress wants to keep paying people even while they play shutdown games? That’s rewarding dysfunction.

left-leaning 11/07/2025

Protecting workers in a shutdown? About time Congress remembered who keeps this country running.

left-leaning 11/07/2025

Finally, a bill saying ‘Federal workers deserve a paycheck, no shutdown strings attached!’

moderate 11/07/2025

This bill could be the bridge between gridlock and fairness, as long as it doesn't explode the budget.

moderate 11/07/2025

Making sure folks get paid even when bureaucracy stalls? Sounds like common sense to me.