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The Thorny Logistics Of A Government Shutdown

The partial federal shutdown that went into effect at midnight on Friday has a broad effect, from closing the Statue of Liberty, to furloughs at the Department of Education.

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees will either be sent home or told to not show up to work at all Monday as furloughs due to the government shutdown that began Friday night begin to affect workers around the country.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gave a foreboding warning from the Senate floor on Sunday.

"The shutdown is going to get a lot worse tomorrow," he warned. "A lot worse."

Republicans are insisting the shutdown

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