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Colleagues like tina smith and others. we are determined to make sure that people like ms. johnson are not left out in the cold. we did the right thing for federal employees. they'll get back pay. people who are locked out of work because they were service contract employees, their bills kept coming in like everybody else's. we are trying to get this included in whatever legislation we have to keep the government open. within a couple of weeks, we hope to have that to make sure we don't shut down the government and we want to include this provision to help people like ms. johnson as part of th...

I don't know how i'm going to have the money to pay these bills. even though when i go back to work, i still will have to work at least two months before i see a decent check. >> miss johnson, what bills have you received that normally you would pay but that you are on hold for paying right now? >> my car note soon be done up on me, my rent got to be paid. as far as my other bills like my credit cards and loans that i owe, that's doubling up on me. so everything is just piling up on me. and it's hard. >> miss johnson, i know that when it comes to federal workers, some of them have been given e...

We are keeping an eye on the rose garden and awaiting the president's remarks after his meeting with democrats and top republicans as well. keep in mind it's day 14 of the shut down. this is 14 days too long for hundreds of thousands of americans who are going without paychecks. hundreds of thousands more contract workers in addition the government employees and no light at the end of the tunnel. some federal workers and contract workers feel like they are being used as pawns. lyla johnson is a janitor for the department of agriculture. since you do work on a contract basis, you will not even ...