As four flag-covered caskets containing the bodies of fallen soldiers were lifted from the belly of a military aircraft and into a mortuary truck at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday morning, the fight in Congress raged on.

The mournful family members of the soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan over the weekend thought even they were not spared from the effects of the government shutdown.

In the wake of the shutdown that began Oct. 1, the death benefit that helps the families of fallen soldiers plan funerals for their loved ones had been suspended.

However, thanks to the Fisher House Foundation, an organization that provides free or low-cost housing to veterans receiving medical treatment, the survivors of failed troops will now be paid the appropriate benefits. In a rare move, the House unanimously voted Wednesday to restore benefits that had been delayed as a repercussion of the shutdown, passing the bill on to the Senate.

According to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who traveled to Dover for the arrival of the bodies, the Pentagon has entered an agreement with the foundation to reimburse them once the shutdown has come to an end.

"I am offended, outraged and embarrassed that the government shutdown had prevented the Department of Defense from fulfilling this most sacred responsibility in a timely manner," he said, according to a CNN report. 

The surviving families will now receive the $100,000 "death gratuity" payment, as well as funeral and burial reimbursements. 

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