As the bickering and bartering continued on Capitol Hill, D.C. and the rest of the country waited and wondered how the shutdown would impact them.
With a government shutdown looming, federal employees and others who would be affected reacted the way they might to a forecast of a rapidly approaching blizzard. Some prepared to burrow in and wait it out, hoping for the best. Others worried about how they would navigate the damage and survive a worst-case scenario. Then there were those who dismissed the forecast altogether.
The specter of a shutdown became more vivid Thursday, when the federal government began notifying employees of their plans. “During this time, some of you will be temporarily furloughed while others who perform excepted functions will continue to execute your assigned duties,” read one of the notices, which was sent to employees at the Department of Homeland Security and obtained by The Washington Post.
The stakes are high, state officials in Maryland said Thursday as they detailed tentative plans to support federal workers and those who rely on government assistance imperiled by the shutdown. In the D.C. region, home to 15 percent of the federal workforce, a number of federal employees asked about the shutdown spoke on the condition of anonymity because they worried it could jeopardize their employment.Labor Department employee with a toddler who bikes her daughter to work every day and drops her off at KinderCare day care inside the department’s headquarters said the shutdown will be a major inconvenience. If the government shuts down, so will the day care.
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