The shutdown began at midnight Tuesday after Congress failed to approve a funding bill that would have kept agencies operating until Nov. 21. Lawmakers remained deadlocked over Democratic demands to extend expiring enhanced Obamacare subsidies, a fight that Republicans and the White House refuse to have until the government reopens.
The Washington Examiner spoke to 10 federal employees working in agencies nationwide, all requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.
“This is my third shutdown since I joined the federal workforce 13 years ago, and it’s definitely very demoralizing,” said a War Department IT specialist in Texas, who, as an essential employee, must continue working without pay.
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“We have zero control over what happens with keeping our jobs. But honestly,
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