A draft White House memo suggests that furloughed federal employees need not be paid for time they didn’t work during the government shutdown, an administration official told CNN.
Such a move would represent a new interpretation of the law that is likely to generate significant controversy on Capitol Hill and among government workers.
CNN has not reviewed the memo itself, and it is not clear how seriously the idea was being considered.
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