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Congressional staffers are warned that their October paychecks will be delayed if the government shutdown continues into November, with additional impacts on student loan payments and federal employees' pay, highlighting the personal toll of the shutdown on government workers.
Officials in Washington are bracing for a government shutdown as efforts to break a spending impasse have failed. Lawmakers and federal agencies are making preparations for the potential lapse in government funding, with some congressional offices retrieving memos from the last shutdown in 2018 to inform their preparations. Congressional staff members are being offered pay advances, while lawmakers are adjusting staff roles to handle constituent services during a shutdown. The impact of a shutdown would extend beyond Capitol Hill, affecting hundreds of thousands of federal workers and contractors. The White House is urging lawmakers to fund the government and avoid a shutdown altogether.