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Government shutdown furloughs all 700 non-essential employees

Government shutdown furloughs all 700 non-essential employees

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Oct 05, 2022
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WASHINGTON — Seven hundred non-essential federal civil servants were furloughed and sent home when the government failed to pass a spending bill Friday night, sources confirmed today.

The other one million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand and three hundred feds remained on the job, having been previously designated as “essential.” That means their work …

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