Federal employees sue U.S. government over no pay

government has been affected by the shutdown. President Trump: "Many of those workers have said to me and communicated, stay out until you get the funding for the wall. These federal workers want the wall." The President wants five-billion dollars for the wall. Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer issued a statement Monday saying "the President is using the government shutdown to try to force an expensive and ineffective wall upon the American people." Washington D.C. is trying to sort out the impasse with the president. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) South Carolina: "I think he's receptive to making a deal if it achieves his goals of securing our border." Workers have to wait it out. Loreen Targos, EPA physical scientist: "I haven't even looked at how my checking account is going to balance out." About 420,000 government employees have been told to work without pay. As of Monday night, the white house didn't comment on the lawsuit.