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Furloughed federal workers face delays getting unemployment pay during shutdown

US_Government_Shutdown_Unemployment_06374TXTG101-103, US Government Shutdown Unemployment, are on hold. To publish 9 a.m. ET on Saturday For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage payments for her family while she’s on unpaid furlough from her federal government job.