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Gov’t Shutdown Enters 12th Day, Causing Chaos for Workers

HeadlineJan 02, 2019

The partial government shutdown enters its 12th day today as President Trump prepares to meet with congressional leaders just one day before Democrats take control of the House. President Trump has insisted on including $5 billion for border wall funding before he’ll agree to sign any spending measure. Eight hundred thousand government workers’ lives have been thrown into disarray by the shutdown, with 380,000 people furloughed and another 420,000 forced to work without pay since the House and Senate failed to pass an end-of-year spending bill on December 22. After headlines, we’ll speak with lawyers for the federal workers’ union that is suing the Trump administration, saying it’s illegal to make federal employees work without pay.

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