Tag: government shutdown

Federal employees have child care fees to add to long lists of expenses for households that live paycheck to paycheck.

Park experts are now warning that the damage may take years to undo.

Let’s be clear on one thing: There is no Wall. There never has been a serious plan to build a Wall. And there never will be a Wall.

This Trump-created crisis and the standoff that ensued give us an early indication of how little the Democratic Party as a whole has changed.

"This administration's corruption and hypocrisy are remarkable."

The American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE, says it’s illegal for federal workers to be forced to work without pay.

"We're afraid that we're going to start seeing significant damage to the natural resources in parks and potentially to historic and other cultural artifacts. We're concerned there'll be impacts to visitors' safety. It's really a nightmare scenario."

“As if missed paychecks and working without pay were not enough, now they have been told that they don’t even deserve a modest pay increase.”

"What if we instead added $5.7 billion in teacher pay? Or replacing water pipes? Or college tuition/prescription refill subsidies? Or green jobs?"

The Office of Personnel Management said furloughed government employees could do "painting," "carpentry," or other odd jobs "in exchange for partial rent payments."