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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that she had found an “innovative solution” that would allow the Coast Guard to be paid. government shutdownBut no one knows what it is.
Nearly two weeks after the shutdown, Noem announced that the Coast Guard would be compensated, making the same promise as Trump, who last week ordered the Secretary of War pete hegseth to use “All available funds“To ensure that military service members are compensated.
“While Democrats play politics with military pay to fight for illegal aliens, the U.S. Coast Guard is protecting our maritime borders, stopping the flow of deadly narcotics and illegal immigration into our country, and countering America’s adversaries around the world,” Noem said. wrote In a social media post on Monday evening.
“President Trump did not want any of our troops to go without pay as a result of the Democrats’ political theater, and we worked at DHS on an innovative solution to ensure that did not happen,” she added.
However, details of his plan are not immediately clear. When? Independent Asked for more information from DHS, a spokesperson sent the text of Noem’s tweet.
Noem cited Trump in her post “A big beautiful bill,” which was signed into law in July, which allocated $165 billion fund For DHS. sources told punchbol news The administration wants to use funds from the act to compensate active-duty Coast Guard service members.
DHS guidance on the shutdown situation published last month states: “Active-duty military members are exempt because they have been provided with pay entitlements”. federal law,
The guidance states, “This eligibility means that DHS is authorized by law to incur obligations for the payment of active duty service members. These active duty service members may perform normal duties during the default.”
As of August, the Coast Guard had 52,377 on-board personnel. The Coast Guard estimates that 49,622 personnel will be furloughed and retained during the lapse in appropriations, the guidance said.
The amount paid to officers depends on their rank and years of experience. For example, according to Independent Resource, a sailor with less than two years of experience can earn $2,017 per salary or about $30,000 per year, while an admiral with more than 40 years of experience can earn $18,492 per salary or more than $225,000 per year. federal salary,
“Our people are the heart of the Coast Guard,” Acting Commandant Admiral Kevin Lunde said in a statement. “We are grateful for the actions taken by President Trump and Secretary Noem to ensure that our members – who protect our nation’s maritime borders and our citizens every day – receive the pay they have earned.”
Last Friday, the President His repeated threats of mass shooting were acted uponThe Office of Management and Budget said in a filed in court he is more than that 4,000 employees will be laid off Due to lapse of federal funds. That group includes 176 DHS employees, the filing said.
As the shutdown drags on, other federal employees are continuing to work without pay TSA workers at airportsA combination of staff shortages and bad weather There have been widespread delays at travel centers across the country. On Monday alone, as the nor’easter ravaged the East Coast, there were nearly 7,000 delays at U.S. airports. flight Aware,
The force reductions extend to 315 employees at the Commerce Department, 1,100 at Health and Human Services and 466 employees at the Education Department, a group that includes caregivers. $15 billion Expected impact in special education 7.5 million children are disabled,
Congress appears to be in a deadlock, 14 days after the shutdown began on October 1. House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told MSNBC on Monday that he has not met with House Speaker Mike Johnson because Trump has not given the GOP leader “permission.”
“And we know that until Donald Trump allows them to meet, they will continue to hide as it relates to sitting down together and negotiating a bipartisan deal,” Jefferies said.
on monday press conferenceJohnson accused Democrats of playing a “ridiculous political game” to continue the shutdown and took aim at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, accusing him of determining that “his own political survival is worth the irreversible damage he is causing to the American people.” Meanwhile, Schumer has Stressed on That the GOP controls the White House and both houses of Congress.