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Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury: federal shutdown entering fourth week, legal risks and local impacts mounting
Summary
At a Rio Rancho town hall, Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury said the federal government is four weeks into a shutdown and described immediate impacts on paychecks, federal services and food assistance, urged legal challenges to administration actions and outlined local help for affected residents.
Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury told a Rio Rancho town hall audience that the federal government was in its fourth week of a shutdown and that many federal workers and families were already experiencing hardship. "We are unfortunately in this situation where the speaker of the house has now shut down the house for 4 weeks in a row," Stansbury said during opening remarks, and she urged residents to seek help through her office.
Stansbury said the shutdown has produced immediate financial strain for workers paid on different schedules, noting that some biweekly paychecks had lapsed. "A lot of federal workers saw their first paycheck lapse," she said. She warned that certain actions from the White…
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