EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Members of the American Federation of Government Employees met with Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois 13th Congressional District, and Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Missouri 1st Congressional District, on Thursday to demand an end to the federal government shutdown.

"Sixty-five percent of federal workers live paycheck to paycheck," VA nurse Daniel Simon said. "Missing one paycheck can be devastating to federal workers and their families."

There are about 25,000 federal workers around the St. Louis metro area. The majority of them work at Scott Air Force Base, right next to Angela Lindquist's coffee shop.

"The main focus of it is Scott Air Force Base. That's why we love it here. It's really to serve the community on the base," Lindquist, the owner of Good Ground Coffee, said.

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