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With the federal government still closed today and fresh flakes set to start falling any time now, it’s looking increasingly like many area residents will end up with an entire week off. Politico is reporting that the House of Representatives has just canceled all votes for the remainder of the week. The Senate is still soldiering on for now, but we wouldn’t be surprised if that changed later today.

The Office of Personnel Management will continue to make its decisions on a daily basis, as will most school districts, but we’re having a hard time imagining much being able to reopen before the weekend. Tonight’s snowstorm isn’t expected to end until late in the day on Wednesday, not leaving much time for residents to dig back out again until well into Thursday. And with so much snow already on the ground, it’s not hard to imagine many main roads still won’t be passable on Friday morning. It all depends on the severity of tonight’s storm.