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As shutdown ends, workers have little faith about future
Worried they'll be in same predicament in a few weeks
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A sign near a TSA security checkpoint states the Port of Seattle's support for federal government workers, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in Seattle. Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president's demands for money to build his long-promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. - photo by Associated Press
Federal workers who have gone a month without getting paid during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history expressed relief Friday that a deal had been reached to end the impasse, but are worried they'll be in the same spot in a few weeks.
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