Here we go again. Another deadline, another looming shutdown, and another government contingency plan put into action until House Republicans can muster the will to
keep basic government functions running.
The Obama administration is circulating procedures for how the Department of Homeland Security will operate in the event of a midnight shutdown.
The 46-page document outlines what is exempt from the shutdown, including airport security checkpoints, Secret Service activities and border patrols. But employees involved in planning, auditing, training and other policy functions would be furloughed.
You can find the plan
here.