Pentagon don warn say government shutdown go cost troops dia pay check

Republicans decision to abandon congressional spending plan go cost troops dia paychecks for dis holidays unless dem reach agreement before Friday deadline to prevent government shutdown, Pentagon warn.

Even if dem no get paid, dose troops go still need to report for duty both overseas and at home, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder talk.

Without agreement to fund government, troops no go receive dia end-of-month paychecks, reservists wey dey drill afta Friday no go get paid, and federal civilians wey need to work during di shutdown no go get paid, he talk.

Military payroll na just one of thousands of federal accounts wey go dey affected, but na one of di most visible.

Congress dey verge of passing stopgap measure for Wednesday to take keep government running wen President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk use Musk’s social media platform X to attack di1,500-page bill ova dia unrelated spending add-ons and threaten any Republican lawmaker wey support its passage. Support for di bill quickly fail.

House Republicans dey scramble late Thursday to get agreement on alternative

“I think shutdown go deprive military of paycheck,” Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee tell reporters as him waka enta House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office late Thursday.

“So di last thing we want to do na to shut down government.”

House Democrats, however, don already begin talk say di new slimmed-down spending plan no dey tenable.

Di Trump transition team no immediately respond to request for comment for whether Trump dey aware say him stand for di bill fit result in di military no getting paid.

Oda civilian personnel wey dem deem not essential to immediate military operations go dey furloughed, Ryder talk.

For previous shutdowns, Congress don work to secure troop pay, but no be everybody dem cova.

For 2019, members of di Coast Guard dey left out and dem go more than a month without pay.

“A lapse in funding go cause serious disruptions across di Defense Department and e still dey avoidable,” Ryder talk.

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