WEST PALM BEACH — Transportation Security Administration employees on Wednesday described in detail their financial hardships — bracing for not getting their much-needed paychecks by the end of this workweek.

They shared their stories as congressional leaders in Palm Beach County called for the end of the federal government shutdown.

U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, South Florida Democrats, joined members of the American Federation of Government Employees — a federal employee union — on Wednesday for a news conference aimed at urging federal lawmakers, particularly Republicans, to negotiate an end to the shutdown.

The shutdown began on Oct. 1 after Republican and Democrat lawmakers failed to agree on a short-term budget, with one of the primary contentions bei

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