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In the Washington region, the Capital Area Food Bank is providing food distribution specifically for federal workers and contractors who are going without pay.
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The amount is less than a day's worth of salaries. Fiscal policy experts say the move also raises legal questions.
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It is not clear how far the gift will go toward covering the salaries of the nation's 1.3 million troops.
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A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers.
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The legislation would provide a 3.8 percent pay raise for American troops, while funding weapons and overhauling military procurement.
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