With no end in sight, the US government shutdown has officially entered its fourth week. Over 800,000 federal employees haven’t been paid due to a stalemate between Republicans and Democrats. Chris travels to Atlanta to meet a TSA officer on the brink of losing everything, and speaks with government workers at a rally in Washington DC, all with the same impassioned plea to lawmakers: “Do your job.”
SOURCES & FURTHER READING:
The government is STILL shut down
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-new...
The Longer the Shutdown Lasts, the More It Hurts the Economy
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/0...
The warnings are getting starker: Trump's government shutdown is becoming catastrophic for the economy
https://www.businessinsider.com/gover...
Georgia credit unions offer help to furloughed workers
https://www.ajc.com/business/georgia-...
CREDITS
Producer: Chris James
Camera: Erik Ljung & Jeremy Moorhead
Editors: Nick Blatt & Jesse Threatt
Research: Dushyant Naresh & Isabela Quintero
Supervising Producer: Allison Brown
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