Lawmakers recently approved a proposal that promises to pay back federal workers affected by the shutdown. The cafe serves mostly federal workers in her building, but now the workers are furloughed because of the shutdown. She said she sympathizes with the furloughed federal workers but stressed that they at least are going to receive back pay when the shutdown ends. Ramirez said she’s been making ends meet with help from a pop-up food pantry meant to assist Coast Guard members during the shutdown. I walked in and almost started crying.”About 42,000 Coast Guard members recently missed paychecks for the first time since the monthlong shutdown began.

Source: Huffington Post January 20, 2019 23:37 UTC