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partial government ~h“ld°W“~ 4° ye“ ‘hmh We: the in this article. That said, the good
shutdown in history. l>e°l>1er would see If ‘hat were the me? news is that we in the us. have the

laased on the news reports, there is a Che ‘M Shel e‘ Cuhgrese * ‘heyfhvuld best form of government in the world
possibility that there may be another in er-Ivy the same reUre_mem benefit‘ and The bad news is that we can't even

the not-tuo—di~'tnnl iuture heehh Wumhee °Pt_|°h~' the‘ ‘he reel get along with ourselves even though

0f the lwvulatwh ehwy» and Dhey the we are all hypothetieally all seeking to

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"Nonessential" tederal em lo ees are . .
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dgpgndi GQHEIEW it B an unpaid Just this; Life goes on even during a am,‘ flu it at aeuw y y

leave orabsenre. some tederal ageneies government »~'huld°Wh- The famous ‘

(e.g, TSA) required their BTW — The PHMSA’s
employees work without pay. lx cas Pipeline Advisory
some tederal employees (2.g., «_ committees (<:PAc"s)
Air Traffic controllers) are ’ ,“\.L| latest round ui hearings
required by law to eontinue _ . _\_ __ _ an regarding proposed

to work even though they _ ,3/, ‘V 3‘ A .3 _, ' t 1.. W _ rhanges to gas pipeline
are on strike and not getting i /‘ ’.b t ‘ ' ‘ ‘ saiety regulations that
paid For employees living V‘ ,5. ~ ‘ 1 ‘ mi, ‘1 I _ ‘ \ originated in August 2011
pay eheek to pay eheek, the ‘ 1 ‘ ' ,, -4 3 ;_ t‘ s:, vi 1‘. 1 yr‘ 1" J? in were lmtlwned because
hirlough was-andstillis-a ,, g ‘« ' ”' '* ‘“—~-—’. ‘. 7;‘; ’-T'_t'. I‘ L —oithe shutdown and have
major problem. As a former 3 - fie _ " ’t‘.'. I I i I . “e e ‘ “tit: not, as of this writing
federal employee, 1 have been , -‘e~._t_., ‘- A i been reseheduled. can
there and done that. it is you say eneetive in 20207
NOT iunll The only good news is that, , E _ f uh H .

invai-ialily, bark pay and beneiits (such W Murphy §Murl>hy »~' Law) NEVER 9 ‘“ 2 °“ “'9”

as earning vaeation and sick leave) “hes a Veehfwh 0' see‘ an furh>ush- Mm [mm mmfmm PHMSA

ale Peevldee‘ eve" *0 these emvleyeee ’‘°“‘“““‘‘ °“‘‘ “"""‘“» 1”“ b‘°“““ Far ueshlms ar clzmmmts van-i
who did not work At least the affected Cohsreee 1» not eh:-ht: its lob am} I ‘Vb ("J b I D I f "‘ *
Emplgym my ‘D mmz Emmy mm iederal employees such as FAA inrident //em I 5 ex 0 e we

Wholz investigators, PHMSA pipeline saiety

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"nonessential " Is an employee does not meai that accldents cannot flllflflflfl
"nonessential" and can be iurloughed and wlll not happen. Furthermore,
(Le, is locked D-It from Perfunmng there is no way that there are enough 5
their jobs unlike TSA employees and air ,ag.,im,y pa,...,..,.Ei 0; any ma .., 3

traiiie eontrollers) during a shutdown, lie everywhere looking over youn 9,
Why are they there In Ihe firet place? shoulder to tell you that what you are +3
(That was and 1» a fhetvncnl questiun ) doing may lie unsaie. Your saiety and g
in my view, the first people to lose the satety of those around you is YOUR 9-

WY eheuld be every single member responsibility! Please, please, please 3;‘
otcongress and all of their start. They do not rely on your government to do g 3 3 5 4 9 7 2 t
should all lose pay and benefits until the right thing or pruteet you horn your at 6 - 7 2 5 3 i 9 3
the issue is resolved and that loss awn maig_.,..a,.,.

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