![]() ![]() (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Joe Biden that would focus on the Biden family's alleged financial misconduct. McCarthy held the media availability with reporters to discuss a potential impeachment inquiry against U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters outside the Speakers Balcony at the U.S. And then we scramble for months afterwards to dig out of debt. We simply have to figure out a way to scrape by for however long the shutdown lasts. But most contract service workers like me don’t get paid for the time that the government is closed. What’s different for us contract service workers is, when the shutdown ends, most federal workers receive back pay for the entire time they were sidelined. And when the federal government shuts down, people like me - who are not federal workers, but hired by a third party contractor to provide janitorial or cooking services or security - also find ourselves out of work. It’s not as if one earns a lot of money as a cleaner. I was able to scrape by last time, but I’m not sure that I will be able to make it financially this time around. ![]() ![]() I was sidelined a few years ago during the last government shutdown and now, I can’t believe we may be back on the brink of another one. I’ve worked year in and year out - except when the government shuts down. Rosa Cruz, 59, has cleaned the offices and corridors of the Department of Labor for 35 years. ![]()
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