DHS taps 'big beautiful bill' funding for Coast Guard paychecks [View all]
Source: Roll Call
Posted October 14, 2025 at 2:59pm
Coast Guard personnel will get paid this week despite the partial government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Noem said in a social media post on Monday that her department had come up with an “innovative solution” to pay Coast Guard personnel, which she identified as funds taken out of the GOP budget reconciliation package that backers have dubbed the “one big, beautiful bill.”
“Thanks to President Trump’s leadership and the One Big Beautiful Bill, the brave men and women of the US Coast Guard will not miss a paycheck this week as they continue to carry out their critical homeland security and military missions,” Noem wrote on the social platform X.
The Coast Guard confirmed Tuesday the payments would go out on Oct. 15 as previously scheduled before the shutdown, which began Oct.1. Bank deposits will land in accounts no later than Friday.
The DHS move follows other efforts by the Trump administration to ensure favored agencies and functions get special treatment during the shutdown. President Donald Trump said over the weekend that military personnel would be getting paid, which officials said would come from unspent research and development funds. On Tuesday, Trump’s Office of Management and Budget said “law enforcement” personnel would also be paid on schedule, though they didn’t elaborate.
Read more: https://rollcall.com/2025/10/14/dhs-taps-big-beautiful-bill-funding-for-coast-guard-paychecks/
I would think any Admin/Fiscal person signing off on these illegal things would be thrown under the bus.
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