Depends on the Senate...the house passed a resolution granting active duty pay regardless of a shutdown:
Retiree’s I hope do not fall under this edict, their retirement is like SS an entitlement, not a law or regulation. We are struggling enough with the rise in Medicare and TFL co-pays along with the higher fuel and food cost. Clothes we can make last, but you have to have food and fuel and health care, as most of us have health care needs if you are over 65.
We have seen our co-pays double twice in the past 2 years with NO COLA raises except that one election year 1.7% half went to medicare, which means we saw about $40 cash, a tank of gas. LOL while congress got big fat pay raises each year. Their raises should be tied to COLA raises for Military and SS seniors. And for the same amount.