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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 3074783" data-attributes="member: 42">I believe you’re getting the 2013 government shutdown and subsequent furlough mixed up with the 2013 budget sequestration.  Those were two different and legally separate incidents.Federal workers who were furloughed during the shutdown were paid back pay because it was deemed an unintended consequence of the lapse in funding. Workers who had to take mandatory days off during sequestration did not receive back pay because it was an intentional cost cutting measure to meet spending caps.</blockquote>