OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The federal government officially shut down on Wednesday at midnight. Congress failed to reach an agreement on how to continue federal funding.

This is the first shutdown since 2018 , which lasted 35 days. Today, less than 24 hours after that official announcement of the government shutdown, frustrated Omahans gathered outside of Neb. Representative Don Bacon’s office to voice their concerns.

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“We need our house representatives to get back to work and start having those conversations in a bipartisan manner, in order to reopen our government. We need them to do their job,” said State Director of Nebraska for Us, Angie Lauritsen.

Today, Angie, along with several others, gathered outside of Bacon’s off

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