San Diego County congressional Democrats Tuesday warned of the potential repercussions for county residents in the event of a looming federal government shutdown.

In a joint news conference, Rep. Scott Peters, Rep. Sara Jacobs and Rep. Mike Levin, said the likely shutdown would result in skyrocketing health care costs for thousands of county residents and would force local military personnel to work without pay.

Peters' office said in a statement that in San Diego County, around 117,000 active-duty and reserve servicemembers, as well as 34,000 people who have military affiliated and Veterans Affairs civilian jobs would go without pay.

The first shutdown in nearly seven years was expected to begin just after midnight unless a funding agreement can be reached, but Republicans and Democrat

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