OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A Federal Aviation Administration Academy student in the metro says they're hopeful their team will be able to weather the impact of a government shutdown.

Hopes were bleak on Tuesday ahead of a stalemate between Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C., over how to proceed. Republicans came up with a short-term measure to fund the government through Nov. 21, but Democrats insisted the measure address their concerns on health care. Tuesday, Senate Democrats voted down a bill to keep funding the government, putting the country on an almost certain trajectory towards the shutdown.

The shutdown means hundreds of thousands of federal workers across the country, including in Oklahoma, could be furloughed or laid off. The Associated Press reported that the FAA Acade

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