[Spitzensparkin1]

"Exactly. How about that TAX BILL? Close the borders? Freeing up the markets to get jobs and cash rolling again?"

How about the budget, did they somehow just forget about that?

[Dead Corpse]

If they don't pass a budget, they don't get paid, and the FedGov shuts down.

Actually, I'm kinda ok with that prospect. :-)