The nation has reached “a critical moment” in the ongoing government shutdown as civilian federal workers and members of the military face delayed paychecks, so Democrats must “finally come on board” and end the impasse, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., told Newsmax.
“Civilian federal workers are not going to get paid this Friday. Military members are not going to get paid next Wednesday,” Lankford told Thursday’s “Wake Up America.”
President Donald Trump is using tariff dollars to prop up the Women, Infants, and Children program, but other key aspects of the government are on hold, including at the IRS, where agents have been furloughed, according to Lankford.
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