A government shutdown Q&A for federal employees

Federal News Network is answering both common and specific questions on the impacts of a partial government shutdown on pay, benefits, retirement and more.

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Graphic By Derace Lauderdale

Here’s how many feds would stay on the job – both with and without pay – during an upcoming shutdown

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National Guard leaders, government

Future budget resolution made tougher by present ‘laddered CR’

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Recent Government Shutdown News:

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Government shutdown is averted just after deadline as Congress rejects Trump’s debt limit demands

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Federal employees brace for possible shutdown, as lawmakers huddle over latest CR plan

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APHouse Speaker Mike Johnson

House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Mark Warner

‘You’re already wasting money’: Warner says feds pulled away from jobs to handle shutdown prep

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Congress passes stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown, 22% pay cut for feds overseas

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Contractors prepare for appropriations to run out in two weeks

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Congress Budget

Speaker Johnson postpones vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown

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