‘I said “mainly”’
The largest single group of unfunded folks were the military. Surely you didn’t think Obaba was going to classify his buddies as ‘non-essential’, did you.
‘Secondly, how hard could it have been to make provisions so that the military would continue to get paid?’
It would have been easy, but it was entirely up to the executive branch. Guess how Obama arranged for it to work?
Can you imagine the public relations bonanza the Republicans could have had with that. "Ubanga refuses to pay troops unless taxpayers are forced to pay for abortions."