American Government Day 4: Woman is fed at 65, expresses concern because she stays without pay – “I can lose …”

When the US government’s closure came into effect on Wednesday after a funding between President Donald Trump and Democrats, a 65-year-old woman, hourly contractor who produces newspapers and works in food service at a cafeteria in the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill, they expressed concern about the possibility of losing her possessions, after he worked on Tuesday. Willie Price, who earns about 16 cents per newspaper she delivers and $ 25 per hour at her food service work, says she has not worked since Tuesday. If the downtime continues, she won’t be able to cover her accounts this month, according to CNBC. “I don’t even know what to do. I could lose the house. I could lose my car. I could lose everything, ‘Price, 65, said who the salary lives on the salary. The price is one of the many hourly contractors that are directly rented by the government, or by third-party firms who did not pay during the closure. Unlike some federal employees who are refunded after the closing, contractors are not guaranteed compensation, the report states. Audrey Murray, a 64-year-old security officer, said she would stop receiving her $ 20.22-hour wage from her position in the Smithsonian’s national portrait gallery, which begins on October 6, although she will not pay off her second job at the State Department, she will say that the revenue from the work of the Smithsonian’s National Portret Gallery. “I’m just in Limbo now. It’s just funny how people think they can play with people’s livelihoods. I do all the right things. I’m going to work. How am I going to feed my children and pay my bills? I have to keep my electric. I have to keep my guest, ‘CNBC quoted. Murray, a single mother of two teenage boys and full-time caregiver to her 12-year-old granddaughter, said it took her two years to repay the money she borrowed from the family during the last government in 2018. She pays a mortgage of $ 2200 each month and spends up to $ 600 on groceries for her family, in addition to spending for tools and childcare. She is already considering asking her children to limit their food consumption, the report states. Randy Erwin, president of the National Federal Employees Federal Employees, representing 110,000 federal workers across the country, warned that a long conclusion could cause serious financial hardship for low-wage workers, many of which are already a payroll for the payroll, a report by CNBC noted. Meanwhile, Trump has raised the funds for the democratic guided states among some centric Republicans in the US Congress. “You are going to create a bad faith environment here that we can further protrude. They have to be very wise,” Reuters reported what Republican Senator Thom Tillis quoted, involved in informal dual conversations to terminate the closure.

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