… protect 15 million Americans health care and prevent insurance premium hikes for tens of millions more. Now Republicans would rather shut down the government than help Americans afford health care. Because of the Republican shutdown, more than a quarter of a million federal employees won't receive their scheduled paychecks. National parks are understaffed and some are even closed entirely. Air traffic controllers and TSA agents aren't getting their paychecks. And shutdown related staff shortages have led to flight delays. (04:22–04:31)
CLAIM
Asserts that the government shutdown affected over 250,000 federal employees' paychecks.
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