The Shutdown: What women need to know

What women need to know about funding, work, kids, healthcare and everything else we need to keep us and our families safe and functioning during the shutdown that starts tonight.

Update 7:40pm ET Sept. 30 from AP: Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in almost seven years. After the vote, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget issued a memo saying that “affected agencies should now …