Federal employees gather outside the AFL-CIO headquarters to call on Congress to pass funding legislation and end the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., speaks to federal employees gathered outside the AFL-CIO headquarters about the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speaks to federal employees gathered outside the AFL-CIO headquarters about the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Federal employees gather outside the AFL-CIO headquarters to call on Congress to pass funding legislation and end the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Eric Young, national president of the AFGE Council of Prison Locals, speaks to federal employees gathered outside the AFL-CIO headquarters about the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Steve Ching, member of the Machinists Union and contractor with NASA, speaks to federal employees gathered outside the AFL-CIO headquarters about the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Federal employees gather outside the AFL-CIO headquarters to call on Congress to pass funding legislation and end the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Federal employees gather outside the AFL-CIO headquarters to call on Congress to pass funding legislation and end the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks to federal employees gathered outside the AFL-CIO headquarters about the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Federal employees gather outside the AFL-CIO headquarters to call on Congress to pass funding legislation and end the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Federal employees gather outside the AFL-CIO headquarters to call on Congress to pass funding legislation and end the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. speaks to federal employees gathered outside the AFL-CIO headquarters about the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)National Federation of Federal Employees President Randy Erwin and, Jamie Rodny, NFFE member and Department of Housing and Urban Development investigator, speak to federal employees gathered outside the AFL-CIO headquarters about the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Federal employees gather outside the AFL-CIO headquarters to call on Congress to pass funding legislation and end the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)Sen. Mazie , D-Md., speaks to federal employees gathered outside the AFL-CIO headquarters about the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)