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The federal government shutdown has dragged into another week, and Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to ending it.

Many federal workers have missed paychecks , including air traffic controllers , who are working unpaid.

The impacts of the shutdown could soon get worse. That's because a number of federal programs are set to run out of money on Nov. 1. If that happens, tens of millions of people would lose federal food and nutrition benefits like Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, previously known as food stamps.

Also set to run out of funding are some Head Start programs, early-learning centers for low-income families, that serve more than 65,000 children nationwide.

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