Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180119:02:30:00
>> historically speaking every government employee has been paid in full. >> often it's back pay, right? very often people live check to check. they need their money when they are supposed to get it, not when you decide to get your act together. >> that's one way to look at it. the other way to look a at it the federal workers aren't working, they are getting paid for not working when they get that back pay. there's some benefit to not having to do the work and still get the money. with respect to the 27th amendment, i'm willing to consider anything and that's one ofrt options that perhaps we ...