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Government doors closed, but workers may get paid

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., center, and members of the Republican Caucus, speak with reporters just after the House voted for back pay for government workers, who have been furloughed during the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. From left are Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan. There has been no sign of progress towards ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services around the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., center, and members of the Republican Caucus, speak with reporters just after the House voted for back pay for government workers, who have been furloughed during the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. From left are Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan. There has been no sign of progress towards ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services around the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)