Exactly.
...and the KEY THING is that the Democrats WILL NOT do that.
They had their chance Friday. The House had just voted down (thanks to Pelosi, mainly) the 3-week extension (because they didn’t get the full-year funding), and the Republicans were not (yet) ready to cave to Obama.
It looked like a shutdown...for sure. But then, after REJECTING the 3 week shutdown, the Dems decided a week shutdown was ok? No, the Dems knew they could NEVER JUSTIFY a shutdown in defense of the President...and therefore they prevented the shutdown.
In other words, the Dems WILL NOT permit a shutdown and will AGREE TO ANYTHING to keep DHS running. The BIG QUESTION is whether the Republicans can figure that out.
I’m not too optimistic, unfortunately.