Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) objected to a request by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Thursday for the Senate to immediately consider and pass a bill to pay all federal workers, members of the military and federal contractors during the 2025 government shutdown.

The True Shutdown Fairness Act would also prevent the Trump administration from attempting mass layoffs of federal workers during the shutdown, employee restructurings........

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