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Tim Kaine: “I got the bill passed in 2019 that President Trump signed to…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senator Kaine Discusses Republicans' Shutdown, Paying Our Troops, and Trump's Illegal Caribbean War

Published | Video Starts at 04:05

Well, there's a couple of things. Most of the federal credit unions actually have programs where they will advance federal employees. Because knowing that I got the bill passed in 2019 that President Trump signed to guarantee everybody back pay before that shutdown. If there was a shutdown, you had to fight about back pay later and nobody was guaranteed back pay. (04:05–04:12)

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Asserts that Tim Kaine passed a bill in 2019, signed by President Trump, guaranteeing back pay for federal employees.

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