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It’s a reality that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called “completely unfair,” as federal workers feel the brunt of lawmakers' inability to agree on a plan to fund the government. A shutdown occurs when Congress can’t pass legislation to fund the government before the start of the fiscal year. The Office of Management and Budget directs each federal agency to create a shutdown contingency plan reviewable on its website that identifies essential workers and services. Government shutdowns have become familiar to many federal workers, with the last shutdown ending in 2019. Other federal employees may hold jobs that are considered essential and may be required to work without pay during a shutdown.

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☆ The U.S. federal government is headed into a shutdown. What does it mean, who’s hit and what’s next?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Federal agencies will stop all actions deemed non-essential, and millions of federal employees, including members of the military, won't receive paychecks. A shutdown happens when Congress fails to pass some type of funding legislation that is signed into law by the president. Millions of federal workers face delayed paychecks when the government shuts down, including many of the roughly 2 million military personnel and more than 2 million civilian workers across the nation. Nearly 60% of federal workers are stationed in the Defense, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security departments. Beyond federal workers, a shutdown could have far-reaching effects on government services.

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☆ Benjamin Civiletti, Post-Watergate Attorney General, Dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON— Benjamin Civiletti , the last attorney general in the Carter administration who capped a series of internal Justice Department reforms that aimed to address Watergate-era presidential abuses of power, died Sunday of Parkinson’s at his home in Lutherville, Md. He was 87 years old. A trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor in Baltimore, Mr. Civiletti joined the Justice Department in 1977 as head of its criminal division. He was named deputy attorney general the following year, and President Jimmy Carter chose him to replace Attorney General Griffin Bell in July 1979.

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