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Some senators slammed the suggestion of denying back pay for federal workers after a draft memo from the Trump administration suggested it might not be guaranteed for furloughed workers.

"I believe it's a strategic mistake to now let those folks know, or let them think, that they could potentially not get back pay. If I were them, I'd start looking for another job. And there's a lot of good, hardworking people out there," Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said.

"I don't think that that is helpful discussion right now," Tillis later added. "Let's get out of the shutdown."

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut argued that withholding back pay would be illegal.

"The law is they're entitled to back pay," Blumenthal said. "Not surprisingly, the White House, again, is potentially defying the law, but Congress, on both sides of the aisle, should take a stand against denying pay entitled to furloughed workers and to people who are on the job, our military, TSA, air controllers, they all ought to be paid. We all ought to have basic agreement on that point."

Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware also criticized the memo, calling it "inappropriate."

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow

While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled willingness to pass some sort of legislation that would provide emergency funding to pay members of the military during the shutdown. The House would have to return to Washington in order for this legislation to pass.

"We want to make sure that our troops are paid," Johnson said. "We're looking forward to processing all of this as soon as we gather everybody back up, but again the most immediate thing is turn the lights back on here and keep Congress working so we can take care of all of this important business."

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, however, underscored that legislation wouldn't be necessary if the House-passed clean continuing resolution were approved by Senate Democrats.

"Honestly you don't need that. You don't need -- obviously there are certain constituencies many of whom are going to be impacted in a very negative way by what is happening here but the simplest way to end it is not try to exempt this group or that group or that group it is to get the government open and then all the consequences of that, adverse consequences of that, go by the way side," Thune said.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

On Day 7 of the government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Republicans are "not taking this seriously," during a press conference.

"They're feeling the heat," Schumer told reporters.

He said that Republicans "know they're on the wrong side of this" and that "instead of rolling up their sleeves" and working with Democrats, the party is "refusing to address the health care crisis they created."

"It's past time to get it done," Schumer said.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that employees furloughed during the shutdown will get back pay.

"My assumption is that furloughed workers will get back pay," Thune said during a press conference. Those comments differ from Trump's earlier in the day, when he said it "depends on who we are talking about," when asked about back pay.

"But for the most part, we're going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way," Trump said.