(The Center Square) - As partisan divides appear to deepen and prolong the partial government shutdown, bipartisan lawmakers said they are concerned about national security effects of the funding lapse.

U.S. Reps. Jason Crow, D-Co., and Don Bacon, R-Neb., spoke on Friday at an event hosted by the news organization NOTUS where they highlighted their concerns that a government shutdown will have negative national security implications in the near future.

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Crow blamed the Republican majority for the shutdown and criticized Speaker Mike Johnson’s move to keep the U.S. House of Representatives out of session.

“The first step is talking and negotiating and debating, which has to happen,” Crow said.

About 334,900 civilian employees at the Department of Defense would be f

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