You work for a government that gets shutdown quite often for political reasons. Therefore you must set aside savings for this contingency. NASA has planned, link here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-for-agencies/agency-contingency-plans/ along with the other plans. Not planning is not an optionl Not only do agencies need to plan, you need to plan.
We will be fine. If there are many who live paycheck to paycheck who will be hurt. Constitutionally, this budget should be finalized annually so this never happens. It’s only been since the Obama years that Congress has failed to do their job.
And both parties are responsible.