Having asked my Representative the same thing, it’s my understanding that the democrats wrote the bill so the funding wouldn’t be part of the normal discretionary budget process, but would be treated as “off budget” like Social Security and therefore immune to being defunded in the case of a shutdown.
Thank you. That makes sense. Now I hope the GOP sticks to their guns because yu know for damn sure that Obama won’t negotiate on Obamacare if they pass the CR.