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Some of Oregon's congressional representatives met with TSA and air traffic controllers at Portland International Airport to talk about the shutdown.
Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer and Kurt Schrader are reacting to the news of Friday's deal
They said this deal is a good step forward, but they are not out of the woods yet.
Furloughed and unpaid federal workers from around the state were bracing for more financial uncertainty while also receiving emergency help from food pantries to feed their families as the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history entered its second month and 32nd day on Tuesday.
They're together again for the first time in 40 years.
As furloughed federal workers scramble to cover their bills, members of Congress are imploring the Education Department to help those workers manage their student loans during the partial government shutdown.
Members of Oregon's congressional delegation went to the Oregon Food Bank on Friday to highlight the impact the partial shutdown of the federal government is having.
The government shutdown is now heading into its 5th week and federal workers are struggling without pay.
A new Democratic bill to give legal status to illegal immigrant farmworkers is positive but lacks any foreign guestworker reform, says Michael Marsh, president of the National Council of Agricultural Employers.