DES MOINES, Iowa -- Troops will go without pay if the government shutdown continues past October 15, leaving their families back home concerned about how they will make ends meet.

April Conway, the Vice President of Blue Star Mothers of Iowa, said she is already planning to support her son if the shutdown doesn't end.

"Several of us are preparing to supplement their incomes if we have to. And you know, what about our moms that are already retired that, that wasn't on their plan? But we also have sons and daughter in laws that when our kids left, they had children and they needed to take the next year off to take care of the kids. And now there's nothing coming in. So we might be in a situation where we're not only having to supplement our children, but provide for their entire family," C

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