House votes to give furloughed federal workers back pay

House votes to give furloughed federal workers back pay

Published October 6, 2013 1:29pm ET



CNN – A bill that provides back pay for furloughed Federal workers during the government shutdown unanimously passed the House during a rare Saturday session on Capitol Hill.

Some 800,000 federal workers have been stuck at home without pay since October 1 when Congress failed to pass a budget for the new fiscal year.

On Friday, the White House said the president would sign the measure.

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