Government Shutdown
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The National Treasury Employees Union said excepted federal employees who have been working without pay during the partial government shutdown should be paid full wages, including overtime, and other damages.
January 08, 2019 -
Federal employees, contractors, spouses and lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated by the delayed pay and lost work, with many airing their grievances on social media.
January 08, 2019 -
Furloughed and excepted federal employees said the government shutdown is prompting them to make tough decisions about their bills, mortgage and family obligations.
January 08, 2019 -
House Democrats are trying many tactics to get the closed agencies re-opened. Bloomberg Government editorial director Loren Duggan offered a full rundown.
January 08, 2019 -
Anyone who has had a career that switches from government to industry, or vice versa, has probably lived through more than one lapse in funding.
January 08, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal courts will be able to continue operating until Jan. 18 with their limited funds during the partial government shutdown.
January 08, 2019 -
Although still a couple of days short of the record set in 1995-96 for the longest shutdown, the ongoing Great Wall of Mexico government shutdown is getting a lot more attention than its predecessors.
January 07, 2019 -
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) write to the Treasury Department seeking answers for how the IRS will handle tax refund season.
January 07, 2019 -
Should you be worried about a shutdown that lasts all of 2019, and perhaps even into 2020?
January 07, 2019 -
New legislation from several senators would grant back pay to low-wage federal contractors during the partial government shutdown.
January 07, 2019 -
Small business owners are increasingly feeling the impact of the partial government shutdown that's in its 17th day.
January 07, 2019 -
For some federal contractors, the prolonged shutdown has turned them from doubt and uncertainty to real losses.
January 07, 2019 -
Among those stuck at home are people who were about to retire or had already filed their retirement papers. Federal retirement expert Tammy Flanagan had some answers on the potential delay for benefits.
January 07, 2019 -
Most of the millions of federal contractors won’t get paid for time lost to the shutdown, but why should you sweat it? They're the ones who decided to work on federal projects.
January 07, 2019 -
Trump stands by demands for funding for a border wall as another round of shutdown talks fail to break impasse
January 06, 2019