I mean, I think right now we've got a vote later this evening to open up the government again. This will be the 12th. I assume the Democrats will vote it down … Democrats block voted against [a defense appropriations bill] which would have funded the troops. … what it does, Ben, is it basically just pays everybody who's working. So anybody in the federal workforce, furloughed employees will obviously get back paid, but anybody today who is working in any government agency would get paid. (00:34–00:41)
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