REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) — It's official, the government shutdown will stretch into another week.

Thursday afternoon, the Senate adjourned until Monday, meaning the next vote to reopen the government won't happen until then.

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News 19 spoke to two Redstone Arsenal workers on furlough.

Rese Meikus, an obsolescence engineer at the Arsenal, told News 19, "I am ready to go back to work."

Meikus says for the last three weeks she's been keeping busy by decorating the yard for Halloween and cleaning the house.

"Once I run out of things to deep clean, I don't know what I'm going to do," she said.

Like thousands of other furloughed federal employees on Redston

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