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Furloughed Federal Worker Worries How She Will Support Her Family

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Leslie Reiss, who works for the U.S. Marshals Service as a management and program analyst, with her three children. (Courtesy of Leslie Reiss)
Leslie Reiss, who works for the U.S. Marshals Service as a management and program analyst, with her three children. (Courtesy of Leslie Reiss)
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It's now day 34 of the partial government shutdown and many federal workers are struggling to pay their bills as they anticipate missing a second paycheck. Leslie Reiss is among them.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with Reiss (@LeslieReiss1), a mother of three in Michigan who works for the U.S. Marshals Service as a management and program analyst.

This segment aired on January 24, 2019.

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