The ongoing government shutdown has impacted approximately 1.5 million federal workers, who have gone a month and counting without a paycheck . Maggie Sabatino has worked as a Transportation Security Administration agent at Philadelphia International Airport for the last 13 years and is the executive vice president of the union chapter Local 333, which represents TSA airport employees in Philadelphia. Just like the other federal workers affected by the government shutdown and working without pay, Sabatino -- who has an 8-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son with autism -- said she is struggling to meet her basic needs. "You try to put the smile on your face and make sure your family doesn’t know what you’re really going through, but at the end of the day, it’s a lot to take in," Sabatino s

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