{"id":672358,"date":"2019-01-28T10:29:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=672358"},"modified":"2019-01-29T05:20:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T12:20:30","slug":"shutdown-is-over-but-federal-workers-remain-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2019\/01\/shutdown-is-over-but-federal-workers-remain-uncertain\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown is over, but federal workers remain uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Laura Paskus \/ New Mexico Political Report<\/p>

Dennis V\u00e1squez and U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich listen as Gov. J. Michael Chavarria talks about the shutdown’s impacts on the Pueblo of Santa Clara.<\/p><\/div>\n

Federal employees are returning to work on Monday.<\/p>\n

For now.<\/p>\n

After more than 30 days, the partial federal shutdown ended Friday. During that time, almost\u00a011,000 New Mexicans<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and 800,000 people nationwide \u2014 were either furloughed or working without pay.<\/p>\n

But many people remain wary, given that the deal worked out between Congress and the White House only reopens the government for three weeks, through Feb. 15. Affected workers, who went two pay periods without compensation, will receive back pay. But they won\u2019t be handed lump sum checks Monday. Instead, some federal workers have been told they\u2019ll be reimbursed in small payments over a period of time.<\/p>\n

On Sunday afternoon in Albuquerque, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland met with a handful of federal employees and officials from the Pueblo of Santa Clara.<\/p>\n