{"id":17697,"date":"2025-10-16T19:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=17697"},"modified":"2025-10-16T19:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:34:42","slug":"military-pay-at-risk-as-shutdown-drags-on-despite-trumps-temporary-fix-johnson-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=17697","title":{"rendered":"Military Pay at Risk as Shutdown Drags On Despite Trump\u2019s Temporary Fix: Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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House Speaker Mike Johnson warned Wednesday that the Trump administration\u2019s effort to keep military families paid during the ongoing government shutdown is only a temporary fix that could soon expire.<\/p>\n

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During a press conference at the Capitol, Johnson said the administration\u2019s move to reroute Pentagon funds to cover military paychecks is a short-term measure that cannot continue indefinitely, Politico\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem we have right now is that, in spite of President Trump\u2019s heroic efforts to make sure they get paid, that is a temporary fix,\u201d Johnson told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe executive branch, his help, is not permanent. It can\u2019t be,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd if the Democrats continue to vote to keep the government closed as they have done so many times, then we know U.S. troops are going to risk missing a full paycheck at the end of this month.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Trump administration authorized the Department of Defense to use unspent research and development funds to pay active-duty service members during the shutdown, which began earlier this month after the Senate failed to pass a funding measure.<\/p>\n

The move provided temporary relief for military families who were preparing to miss their paychecks.<\/p>\n

Johnson credited the president for taking action but said the measure does not address the larger problem.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe reason that the way they were able to get the troops paid for this paycheck \u2014 and as I said, this is not an enduring solution, because we will run out of the funds \u2014 but there was some unspent funds in, effectively, R&D accounts in defense,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n