Congress Went On Vacation — And Left Thousands Of Workers Without Pay
George Mihalcea
Cash-strapped families feel “forgotten” now that TSA screeners have received backpay, and lawmakers left Washington for vacation. A Department of Homeland Security employee recently took out an $11,000 loan to fix his roof. But ever since Congress failed to reach a deal to fund the agency in February, he’s used that borrowed money to cover his family’s basic living expenses ― groceries, gas, mortgage payment ― while he continues to work without receiving a paycheck. “We’ll have to pay back that
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