One of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers on Friday urged federal workers who will be missing a paycheck due to the ongoing government shutdown to ask their superiors for guidance on how to access loans and other aid he claimed is available to them.
National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett told reporters at the White House that he and other administration officials “really feel for” the 750,000 federal civil servants who aren’t getting paid. That’s becuase because the Republican-controlled House and Senate have failed to pass legislation to fund the government over the 24 days since the last fiscal year ended and forced agencies to furlough all but the most essential employees and force those still on the job to work without pay.
