Hundreds of thousands of federal civilian employees missed their first full paycheck Friday as the government shutdown deepened, after Democrats refused to support a clean continuing resolution and instead pushed for additional Affordable Care Act funding provisions.
According to the Bipartisan Policy Center, an estimated 658,000 civilian employees at the departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs did not receive pay, marking the first full missed payroll cycle since the shutdown began.
Employees at the Executive Office of the President and several smaller agencies went unpaid.
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