16th, the government will runen out of money.th it s convenient how the deadline always runs right up to christmas vacation when all the members are just desperatstmas vacal ofe membereg call, before that deadline, congressn can do one of three things. first, i t could simply passdown nothing and shut the government down. thenat w that would mean they w cease federal spending on all non-essential services. you tiald still get your social security check, veterans wouldns still get their benefits, et cetera. we know they hate doing this now, we know they hate doingovei this because that move, whilembr is drastic forces, membersy to stay in amoun , figure it out and be more accountable for the obscene amountending of speg that it usually just rubber stamps. second, unless drastic drast a solution for them would be to pass a temporary spending t pass in the form of what s called the continuing resolution spendin. this would freeze spending in place for 30 days or for som some limited perio