KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - With lawmakers on Capital Hill appearing to be at an end pass, the possibility of a Government Shutdown grows larger.

Something veterans like Willie Keller went through during their service.

“It was struggling for some,” said Willie Keller, Commander of VFW Post 12209, located on Fort Hood. “Some of us had savings, a lot of us still ate at the mess hall, things like that. It effected a lot of people but as it drug on a little further, it did affect us.”

That is because a shutdown would affectively stop paychecks for federal employees and service members.

This makes the Army Air Force Exchange Service announcement that they will remain open during a shutdown, a great help to soldiers and families on post.

“Yeah it does help out for soldiers not havening a lot of

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