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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The partial Government shutdown has stretched on for nearly two weeks now.<\/p>\n<p>As a result 400,000 federal employees nationwide continue working without pay.<\/p>\n<p>The missed paychecks have been especially devastating for workers in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-48352 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2019\/01\/04\/government-shutdown-taking-a-toll-on-hurricane-ravaged-panhandle\/shutdown00000001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown00000001-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown00000001-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown00000001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown00000001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In recent years, Federal prison staff was cut by about 6,000 employees.<\/p>\n<p>The Government shutdown means the remaining 36,000 aren\u2019t receiving paychecks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt used to be double the work for half the pay, but now it’s double the work for no pay,\u201d said President of the Tallahassee Chapter the American Federation of Government Employees, Reay Coleman Jr.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid 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sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2019\/01\/04\/government-shutdown-taking-a-toll-on-hurricane-ravaged-panhandle\/shutdown00000004\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown00000004-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown00000004-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown00000004-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Shutdown00000004.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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shutdown couldn\u2019t come at a worse time for Federal workers in the Panhandle.<\/p>\n<p>“A lot of us are still recovering from Hurricane Michael and all the tragedy that left,\u201d said Coleman. “Specifically Tallahassee and the Mariana area, both which have prisons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Union reps say even if a budget deal was struck now, federal prison workers still wouldn\u2019t see a pay check until January 25th at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>To the dismay of Coleman and 400,000 other Federal employees working without pay nationwide, the now Democratic House\u2019s plan to restore funding for agencies like the Federal Prison System is likely dead on arrival in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe’re being used as pawns in like a political chess game and it’s happened a couple of times before, but this one feels a little different because there seems to be no traction being made,\u201d said Coleman.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 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