Sen. Johnson Moves to Ensure Federal Workers are Paid During Government Shutdown

Sen. Johnson Moves to Ensure Federal Workers are Paid During Government Shutdown
November 6, 2025
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WASHINGTON
– Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) introduced a substitute amendment to his
Shutdown Fairness Act
and is seeking unanimous consent from his Senate colleagues to pay all federal employees and servicemembers, including furloughed workers, during a government shutdown.
“Right now, I'd be willing to add furloughed workers because we're going to pay them anyway […] Would you take my bill, add furloughed workers, say it’s a done deal? Is that something you’d accept here today?”
Sen. Johnson
said
to Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) during his floor speech on October 23, 2025.
Sen. Johnson was joined by U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.).
Sen. Johnson's Shutdown Fairness Act has been endorsed by
The American Federation of Government Employees (
AFGE
)
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (
NATCA
)
National Association of Letter Carriers
National Association of Retired and Federal Employees
The Federal Managers Association
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA)
The International Association of Fire Fighters
The Council of Prison Locals 33 (
CPL-33
)
The National Treasury Employees Union
Southwest Airlines Pilots Association
Coalition of Airline Pilots Association
NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots
Transport Workers Union
Sen. Johnson’s full floor speech can be found
here
.
Full text of the amendment can be found
here
.
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