During shutdown military pay not certain

Congress plays games with lives because there is something some of them don't like but the men and women in the military continue to risk lives and put the country first. The civilians supporting them have to suffer as well. So much suffering in this country because no one in congress has the courage to do the right thing and stop letting the brats mess up everything. They act like school kids getting upset because they want to burn down the school and no one will let them.

Uncertainty reigns over military pay law
Stars and Stripes
By Chris Carroll
Published: October 3, 2013

Uncertainty over who gets paid, and when, continues to weigh on the minds of some Defense Department workers as officials in Washington mull over a new law that authorizes military members and civilian workers who support them to collect despite a government shutdown that entered its third day on Thursday.

Officials say about half of the 800,000 DOD workers have been furloughed, while others classified as “excepted” — including teachers, emergency workers and those supporting military operations — were told to keep working. Late Monday, as the deadline to work out a funding deal for the government neared, Congress passed the “Pay Our Military Act” to ensure troops and excepted civilians would keep getting paychecks, and President Barack Obama signed it into law.

But some three days later, the Pentagon has yet to tell employees whether they’ll be able to collect their Oct. 15 pay.
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As last paychecks roll in for federal workers, frustration and fear sink in
By Allison Linn and Erin McClam
NBC News

It’s one thing for the government shutdown to sink your family vacation to Dry Tortugas National Park. But the budget fight is shifting from annoyance to hardship as thousands of federal workers get their last paychecks until — well, nobody knows.

Federal pay cycles are a patchwork calendar. The stargazers at NASA, at least those deemed nonessential, got their last paychecks on Tuesday. The bean-counters at Treasury got them Thursday.

But one thing is clear as an estimated 800,000 furloughed workers warily watch their checking accounts: The frustration — and fear — are growing every day.
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