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From Forward Kentucky: Federal workers locked out of McConnell’s office

Berry Craig
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By BERRY CRAIG

Neither wind, nor rain, nor a slippery sidewalk could stay furloughed federal worker Paula Metcalf from her self-appointed rounds.

She rolled her power chair right up to Sen. Mitch McConnell’s Lexington field office door. In her lap was a packet of letters urging the majority leader to end President Trump’s shutdown that’s keeping thousands of Uncle Sam’s employees off the job or working without pay.

The door was locked.

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