Some federal workers received their first $0 paycheck Friday because of the government shutdown but there is some good news

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• Friday was payday for federal workers.
• But 800,000 workers received $0 because of the the government shutdown.
• These workers will not be paid for the duration of the shutdown, but Congress passed a bill to give the workers back pay when the government reopens.
• The government doesn't seem to be opening anytime soon, since both President Donald Trump and Democrats are not budging from their positions regarding border-wall funding.

Friday was supposed to be payday for roughly 800,000 federal workers, but because of the partial government shutdown those employees have been seeing a big, fat $0 in their bank accounts.

Direct deposits for the pay period that ended on January 5 were sent out on Friday, but the entirety of the period fell during the ongoing partial government shutdown meaning that federal workers in the agencies that are closed received no pay.

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