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Senate Republicans are forcing Democrats to take a stand today — vote to pay expected federal workers (so-called essential) during the shutdown or risk looking anti-worker.

The bill, from Sens. Ron Johnson , R-Wis., and Todd Young, R-Ind., would pay troops, on-duty TSA agents, air traffic controllers and law enforcement.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., says it’s a "political ploy" to let Trump "pick and choose" who gets paid.

WHITE HOUSE MAY 'RUN OUT' OF FUNDS TO PAY MILITARY IF SHUTDOWN CONTINUES, JOHNSON WARNS

House Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., conceded to Fox News in a now-viral clip that there will be "families that are going to suffer" because of the shutdown but added that "it is one of the few

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