Originally Posted by rickair7777

I seriously doubt any more lockdowns in the US, unless it's in extreme blue cities which crave it anyway.

Going to take a whole lot more than a peer-reviewed laundry list of mutations.

Also no reason whatsoever that congress should approve a short-cut budget for something they don't agree with.

My only issue with the early-FY .gov shutdowns is that they civil "servants" always get backpay after getting time off (mil have to work regardless of whether they get paid or not, so backpay is appropriate there if it came down to it).