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    House Republicans Getting Paid on Recess, Government Employees Are Not

    Dr. John E. WarrenBy Dr. John E. WarrenOctober 24, 2025Updated:October 28, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Witnessing The Destruction Of America: It's Not Too Late
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    The latest move of distraction on the part of President Trump has been two-fold. First, the freeing of all hostages in Gaza and flying there to participate in the cease-fire, for which everyone is grateful; the second move has been the agreement to pay all our troops during the shutdown while the rest of the government goes without pay. No one is mad about our troops being paid. It’s just that it would have been nice if all our government employees were getting paid while the Republican members of Congress continue to draw their paychecks during the shutdown that they created. These are the people being PAID to legislate as a separate and independent part of our checks and balances democratic process. These are the people who took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, not the President of the United States. We have the shutdown of the government because of the Republicans, who are in recess in the midst of a crisis.

    Vice President Vance has compounded the shutdown by telling the American people that the troops are being paid out of funds collected by the President’s tariffs on imports. This is not true. All the increases in prices on imports are being paid by the American people. This is so illegal that the whole activity is being challenged in the courts with the President’s own lawyers stating to the courts that they, the Administration, will reimburse those dollars if they lose. Those taxpayer dollars are the so-called trade surplus that Vice President Vance is citing as the source of funds out of which the troops are being paid.

    The Republican members of Congress know that the House of Representatives has a history of separating itself from the laws it legislates to govern the nation. Nothing is a more clear example than accepting their checks while others go without pay. With all that being said, WE the people must now work to take back America before it is destroyed by vengeance and retribution by this President. We continue to make suggestions here.

    First, we suggested prayer as God states in 2nd Chronicles 7:14 (Read it again in your Bible).

    Next, this week with No Kings Day demonstrations across this nation expected to bring out millions of people, there must be a concerted effort to register each person of voting age so that we can take back control of the

    Congress, no matter how many states the President gets to change their Congressional Districts.

    The endgame of Donald Trump as President, with the help of the Heritage Foundation Blueprint for 2025 is to redefine the American government in the image of Donald Trump and those he would select to follow him. Donald Trump is a symbol of the plan. There are others, like Steven Miller, his Deputy White House Chief of Staff. People like Miller and VP Vance represent the continued threat. The good news is that we can still stop them, in spite of the Supreme Court and the Republican House and Senate being in his pocket. LET’S HOLD THE LINE WITH THE DEMOCRATS UNTIL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WAKE UP AND SEE THE REAL PROBLEM WITH WHY THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN AND NO PAY CHECKS.

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