Senate Majority Leader John Thune told ABC News on Wednesday that the thousands of furloughed federal workers will get back pay when the government shutdown ends. However, he would not say whether he has discussed this with President Donald Trump, who has threatened to deny the retroactive pay to some workers despite the federal law. See the full interview with Senate Majority Leader John Thune on ABC News Prime with Linsey Davis at 8 p.m. ET. Thune told ABC News' Linsey Davis that he believes the workers who have been affected by the shutdown will get their back pay. "I believe they will, I think that's the assumption I operate under, and I think that's what the law stipulates," Thune said. The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 mandates that federal workers be paid after fede

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