WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to pay military personnel Both Legislative and Defense Department funds were used Friday, according to a White House Office of Management and Budget spokesman.
This will be the second time the White House has been able to avoid missing pay for military personnel. during government shutdownNow on the 30th day. Military members are considered essential federal employees and are required to work during funding disruptions, but essential workers typically do not receive pay during shutdowns.
About $2.5 billion from the military housing fund, part of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful bill passed this year, will be used to pay Friday's paychecks, an OMB official said. In addition, $1.4 billion from the Pentagon's research and development account and $1.4 billion from the procurement account will be used, the official said.
That would bring the total to about $5.3 billion, still less than the $6.5 billion it spent paying military personnel earlier this month. It is not clear why there is such a difference in the amounts, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs official did not respond to a request to comment on this point.
Axios first reported about the administration's salary plan for Friday.
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“President Trump continues to deliver on his promise to take care of the troops, even as Democrats shut down the government and agree that our bravest men and women are not getting paid,” a Pentagon spokesman told NBC News.
The Pentagon recently accepted anonymous donation of $130 million pay troops during the shutdown, prompting some Democrats to express concerns about the legality and ethics of the move.
Earlier this week on Capitol Hill, Vice President J.D. Vance said, “We believe we can continue to pay the soldiers on Friday. Unfortunately, we won't be able to pay everyone because the Democrats have dealt us a very bad hand.”
He added: “We think we can continue to pay the soldiers, at least for now, but we have food stamps that will run out in a week. We try to keep as much open as possible. We just need Democrats to actually help us.”
The Senate last week failed to advance a Republican measure to pay active-duty military personnel and other federal employees deemed essential during the shutdown. Senate Democrats proposed an alternative measure that would have paid all federal workers, but it also failed to get the votes needed to advance.
