Originally published at: Don’t Believe the Hype: Trump Bum-Rushing DC Reporters Edition - TPM – Talking Points Memo
News comes today that Russ Vought is now threatening not to pay back pay to federal employees after this shutdown ends. There’s both more and less here than meets the eye. The step Vought has taken is to remove references to back pay from OMB guidance about the shutdown. The backpay rule is not based…
