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Description: With no end in sight, the US government shutdown has officially entered its fourth week. Over 800,000 federal employees haven’t been paid due to a stalemate between Republicans and Democrats. Chris travels to Atlanta to meet a TSA officer on the brink of losing everything, and speaks with government workers at a rally in Washington DC, all with the same impassioned plea to lawmakers: “Do your job.” SOURCES & FURTHER READING: The government is STILL shut down cnn.com/politics/live-news/government-shutdown-january-2019/index.html The Longer the Shutdown Lasts, the More It Hurts the Economy nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/the-longer-the-shutdown-lasts-the-more-it-hurts-the-economy.html The warnings are getting starker: Trump's government shutdown is becoming catastrophic for the economy businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-trump-democrats-standoff-damaging-us-economy-2019-1 Georgia credit unions offer help to furloughed workers ajc.com/business/georgia-credit-unions-offer-help-furloughed-workers/liB9PpbaQiqYCnEvltjqKJ CREDITS Producer: Chris James Camera: Erik Ljung & Jeremy Moorhead Editors: Nick Blatt & Jesse Threatt Research: Dushyant Naresh & Isabela Quintero Supervising Producer: Allison Brown Follow Beme on Instagram: instagram.com/bemenews Twitter: twitter.com/bemeapp Facebook: facebook.com/officialbeme