"It's Day 22 of the federal government shutdown, and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Without a fix, many federal employees will not be getting paid this Friday, the first full paycheck they'll miss as a result of the shutdown. By law federal workers are supposed to get back pay once the shutdown ends, but the White House has tried to cast doubt on that."
"Why did the federal government shut down? A partisan argument over if and when lawmakers need to act to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces led to the current shutdown. Some 24 million people who don't have insurance through their jobs or a public program like Medicaid use the system to buy health plans. Prominent Republican lawmakers have claimed the Democrats are looking to provide tax dollars to help pay for the heath care of undocumented immigrants. That is not true."
Day 22 of the federal government shutdown threatens the first missed paychecks for many federal employees this Friday. Federal workers are legally entitled to back pay after a shutdown, but the White House has cast doubt on that certainty. President Trump links the shutdown to efforts to shrink government and pursue large-scale layoffs while targeting what he calls "Democrat programs." A group of fired federal workers has filed a case seeking to pause the latest wave of shutdown layoffs. The shutdown stems from a partisan fight over extending Affordable Care Act marketplace subsidies, affecting about 24 million marketplace users.
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