"The Government Shutdown Is Still Wreaking Havoc on Workers’ Credit Scores," June 11, 2018




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Summary: The Government Shutdown Is Still Wreaking Havoc on Workers’ Credit Scores by Julia Glum The government shutdown may have ended more than four months ago, but De’von Russell still struggles with it constantly. The 31-year-old maxed out two credit cards when President Donald Trump partially closed the government for 35 days in December and January. Without roughly $3,000 in wages from his job as a security guard at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.