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Furloughed federal workers turn to food pantries

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will miss their first full paychecks tomorrow.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong asks Washington, D.C.-area food bank leader Dave Silbert about the need he’s seeing among federal workers furloughed during the ongoing government shutdown. His group is calling for people to sponsor a federal worker’s family.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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