House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that he hopes federal workers receive their backpay, making it seem possible that they won’t—even though he knows federal law requires that they be compensated. Speaking on the House floor, the Louisiana Republican suggested that there was new analysis that showed that federal workers furloughed during the government shutdown might not be entitled to backpay. “I hope that the furloughed workers receive backpay, of course,” Johnson said immediately after,