‘Nobody Cares About Us.’ Federal Contract Workers Who Won’t Get Back Pay Feel Forgotten After Government Shutdown

Snippet of Article: "...She had her car repossessed. She couldn’t afford to buy her grandchildren’s favorite lunches and snacks. After missing January rent payments, Williams now worries about the possibility of eviction and is starting to pack her bags for a potential move to North Carolina, where her mother left a home behind..."

Source: www.yahoo.com

Contract Workers, Shutdown 2018, Shutdown 2019,

President Makes Sure Feds Get Pay This Week, Now Dems Need to Protect U.S. Borders

Federal employees will get back pay this week after shutdown

Snippet of Article: "...The estimated 800,000 federal employees who have gone without paychecks during the government shutdown should almost all get their back pay by week's end..."

Source: www.usatoday.com

Shutdown 2018, Shutdown 2019, Border Wall, Border Protection,

Hundreds of IRS employees are skipping work. That could delay tax refunds

Snippet of Article: "...Many of the IRS employees who are choosing not to come to work despite getting called back are taking advantage of a provision in the union contract that allows them to miss work if they suffer a “hardship” during a shutdown, according to the labor groups. That could mean a blown car tire, an empty gas tank..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Shutdown 2018, Shutdown 2019, IRS, Border Wall, Border Protection, Illegal Immigrants vs Legal Working Class,

NARFE Applauds President Trump for Signing Back Pay Bill for Federal Workers Furloughed Due to Shutdown

Snippet of Article: "...NARFE applauds President Trump for signing into law the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act so that furloughed and working federal employees promptly receive back pay once the shutdown ends. While the longest shutdown in American history continues with no end in sight, this law provides some sense of certainty to hardworking federal employees struggling to survive during this political nightmare through no fault of their own..."

Source: www.narfe.org

Shutdown 2018, Shutdown 2019, Federal government shutdown news, Back Pay,

Federal Workers Hoping President Trump Will Declare a National Emergency to End Shutdown and Fund Border Protection Wall

Congress leaves town as federal workers miss their first paycheck

Snippet of Article: "...Lawmakers are bracing for Trump to declare a national emergency after negotiations to end the shutdown fizzled..."

Source: www.politico.com

Protection of U.S. Border, Border Wall, Shutdown 2018, Shutdown 2019, national emergency, Emergency Need for Border Wall,

Shutdown: Dems, Republican Politicians Do Not Care About The Working Class, Just Care About Illegal Immigrants

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As Government Shutdown Goes On, Workers’ Finances Fray: ‘Nobody Signed Up for This’

Snippet of Article: "...Keller, a single mother who works for the federal Census Bureau, used to live paycheck to paycheck. Now, she is living nothing to nothing. Payday would have come this week for Ms. Keller, 42, and many of the 800,000 other federal workers across the country caught up in the partial government shutdown..."

Source: www.nytimes.com

Senate, House, Shutdown 2018, Shutdown 2019, 2020 Elections, Illegal Immigrants vs Legal Working Class, Destruction of Lower Middle-Class,

Shutdown: Dems' Protecting Illegals While Holding Government Employee Middle Class Hostage

IRS to take taxpayer's money in a shutdown but not issue refunds, plan says

Snippet of Article: "...As budget negotiations to reopen the government have stalled over President Donald Trump's demand for funding to build a border wall, the risk is growing that tax refunds could be delayed if furloughed IRS workers don't return to work..."

Source: www.usatoday.com

IRS, Illegal Immigrants vs Legal Working Class, Shutdown 2018, Shutdown 2019, Border Wall, Protection of U.S. Border, Illegal Alien Invasion,

Shutdown: Dems' on vacation while holding government workers hostage to protect illegals

Dems take it easy as government shutdown continues

Snippet of Article: "...Nancy Pelosi traveled nearly 5,000 miles away from Washington, DC. The Dem was holed up at the Fairmont Orchid Resort in Kona, Hawaii...Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a furious Trump critic, was relaxing last week in the Bahamas, where she took in a traditional post-Christmas parade...President Trump has been left to seethe in the nation’s capital, where he decided to stay"

Source: nypost.com

Destruction of America's working class, Illegal Immigration, Shutdown 2018, Shutdown 2019,

Shutdown: Dems’ New Year’s resolution: Stiff president on the wall and reopen the government

Snippet of Article: "...House Democrats — increasingly convinced they’re winning the shutdown fight with President... — are plotting ways to reopen the government while denying the president even a penny more for his border wall when they take power Jan. 3..."

Source: www.politico.com

Shutdown 2018, Border Wall, Illegal Immigration,

Rep. Meadows tells federal employees who won’t get paid during shutdown: You signed up for this

Snippet of Article: "...To the hundreds of thousands of federal employees who will work without pay or be furloughed over the holidays if there is a government shutdown, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) says it is just part of the risk of working in public service..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Congress delays federal pay raise decision, avoids shutdown

Snippet of Article: "...feds will have to wait to find out whether a proposed 1.9 percent raise will be put into effect for 2019. Both the House and Senate unanimously passed a second continuing resolution..."

Source: www.federaltimes.com

Federal pay raise, 2019 Federal Employee Pay Raise, Shutdown 2018,

Senate To Vote Monday On Ending Shutdown As Talks Continue

Snippet of Article: "...The Senate will vote at noon on Monday to end the government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took to the floor Sunday evening and laid out a plan to restore government funding for three weeks and consider immigration proposals..."

Source: www.npr.org

Shutdown 2018,

Now We've Shut Down The CDC and This Year's Flu Is Nasty And Getting Worse

This Year's Flu Is Nasty And Getting Worse. And Now We've Shut Down The CDC.

Snippet of Article: "...With the government shut down, a difficult situation becomes worse. Most of the CDC staff will be forced to sit on their hands when they could be working — many of them want to work, but they won't be allowed to. What's especially frustrating (and wasteful) is that the U.S. will almost certainly pay all federal employees for this forced time off, as it did in previous shutdowns. We also need a better way to make the flu vaccine..."

Source: www.forbes.com

Shutdown 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),