Federal Workers' Union Pressures Democrats to Pass Clean Funding Bill to End Shutdown

The American Federation of Government Employees urged the Democratic Party to support a clean funding bill to end the government shutdown, challenging the partys stance on Affordable Care Act subsidies.

• The American Federation of Government Employees, representing federal workers, called for a clean funding bill to resolve the ongoing government shutdown, which has lasted nearly four weeks.
• This pressure from the union complicates the Democratic Partys negotiations, as they seek to attach subsidies for the Affordable Care Act to any funding agreement.
• The continuing resolution is critical for ending the government shutdowns in the United States, affecting hundreds of thousands of federal employees and their livelihoods.