to work on capitol hill, you re presently not getting paid. they ve always in the past caught up. lretroactively. when i was in government in the 70s and 80s, we shut down all the time. you were terrified to get the non essential letter in the mail. more went to work in shut downs. cops are essential. any type of law enforcement are essential. these are guys that have to go to work. the there s no fooling around. there s no fooling around. every case they have been paid retroactively. maybe not getting the pay check now, but they don t get pay checks everyday. they get pay checks every two weeks. we assume it will be in two weeks. you re worried about this the navy yard incident, government